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AND  OVER: 

PRINTED    BY   W.    F.    DRAPER. 
1856. 


REPORT; 


The  undersigned,  a  Committee  appointed  under  a  Re- 
solution of  the  Board  adopted  April  13,  1853 :  "  To  con- 
sider what  parts  of  the  Deeds  of  Gift  and  other  instru- 
ments under  which  funds  arc  held  by  the  Trustees,  it  may- 
be expedient  to  print  for  the  use  of  the  members  of  the 
Board,  and  report  to  the  Board  the  result  of  their  investi- 
gations," have  attended  to  the  duty  assigned  them,  and 
report. 

As  it  was  apparent  that  much  time  and  labor  would  be 
required  for  the  investigation,  the  Committee  at  an  early 
day  after  their  appointment  requested  the  Treasurer  to 
keep  this  matter  before  him,  and,  as  his  other  duties  would 
permit,  to  collect  the  necessary  materials.  He  has  accord- 
ingly carefully  examined  the  Records  of  the  Trustees, 
their  files  of  papers  and  account  books,  relating  to  both 
Institutions  from  the  beginning.  In  some  cases,  where 
original  papers  were  wanting,  he  has  supplied  the  defi- 
ciency by  obtaining  certified  copies  from  the  Registry  of 
Deeds  or  of  Probate.  After  the  most  diligent  search,  and 
inquiry  of  Mr.  Farrar  and  others,  he  has  failed  to  find 
some  papers  which  once  had  an  existence ;  but  none  that 
are  deemed  essential  to  a  complete  financial  history  of  the 
Institutions. 

The  Treasurer  next  caused  copies  to  be  prepared  of  the 
material  parts  of  these  numerous  documents,  and  drew 
out  from  the  account  books  condensed  statements  of  all 
Gifts  to  the  Institutions,  with  the  names  of  the  Donors : 
he  also  copied  from  the  records  of  the  Trustees,  their  do- 
ings in  relation  to  such  donations  ;  and  from  their  files 


many  letters  which  serve  to  throw  light  on  the  history  of 
the  bestowment  of  the  funds. 

These  copies  and  statements  were  all  prepared  with 
references  to  the  Files,  Records,  and  Account  Books  of 
the  Trustees,  so  as  greatly  to  facilitate  the  remaining 
labors  of  the  Committee. 

The  whole  Committee  now  took  the  matter  in  hand, 
and  in  several  protracted  sessions  verified  the  accuracy  of 
the  copies  and  statements  prepared  by  the  Treasurer,  by 
comparing  them  with  the  original  documents,  records, 
and  accounts.  In  matters  of  account  the  Committee  sim- 
plified and  condensed  the  statements,  so  far  as  could  be 
done  without  creating  obscurity.  These  statements  em- 
brace donations  for  present  use,  the  accounts  of  which 
were  long  since  closed,  as  well  as  donations  for  permanent 
investment. 

Itthus  appears  thatthe  labors  of  the  Committee  have  been 
extended  far  beyond  the  limits  prescribed  in  the  resolution 
under  which  they  were  appointed.  But  it  seemed  to  the 
Committee  that  it  would  gratify  the  Board  to  have  spread 
out  before  them,  not  only  the  conditions  on  which  they 
hold  their  funds,  but  the  amount  of  funds  held  under 
those  conditions ;  and  would  also  gratify  them  to  see  how 
much  had  been  contributed,  and  by  whom,  to  meet  ex- 
igencies as  they  had  occurred  in  the  history  of  these  In- 
stitutions. 

To  render  these  labors  useful  to  the  Trustees,  the  mate- 
rials thus  collected  should  be  printed,  as  the  Committee 
think,  and  be  bound  with  blank  leaves  for  notes  and  addi- 
tions. And  they  recommend  that  the  Treasurer  be  in- 
structed to  procure  one  hundred  copies  thereof,  to  be  so 
printed  and  bound  for  the  use  of  the  Trustees  and  Visit- 
ors.    Respectfully  submitted. 

John  Aiken,  ^ 

Wm.  J.  Hubbard,   >  Committee. 

J.  L.  Tayi.or,         ) 

Andover,  Feb.  1,  1856. 


PHILLIPS  ACADEMY. 


OBLIGATION  OF  THE  HON.  JOHN  PHILLIPS,  Esq. 
1717. 

Haverhil,  May  29,  1777. 
Know  all  men,  that  I,  John  Phillips  of  Exeter,  in  the 
Province  of  New  Hampshire,  in  Testimony  of  my  desire 
for  the  improvement  of  youth  in  useful  knowledge  and 
virtue,  and  to  lay  the  foundation  of  a  School  in  the  South 
Parish,  in  the  Town  of  Andover;  to  advance  this  impor- 
tant purpose,  do  hereby  bind  and  oblige  myself  to  pay  to 
Samuel  Phillips,  Esq.,  the  Rev.  William  Symmes,  and 
Jonathan  French,  and  Mr.  Nehemiah  Abbot,  all  of  Ando- 
ver, in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Province  of  Massachu- 
setts Bay,  and  to  William  Phillips  and  Oliver  Wendell, 
Esqs.,  of  Boston,  in  the  County  of  Sufl'olk,  and  Province 
last  mentioned,  (whom  I  appoint,  together  with  myself, 
as  Trustees  of  the  said  School),  the  sum  of  One  Thou- 
sand Six  Hundred  and  Sixty-six  Pounds,  Thirteen  Shil- 
lings and  Four  Pence,  within  one  year  from  the  date  here- 
of, to  be  improved  by  the  said  Trustees  solely  for  the  pur- 
pose above  expressed. 

John  Phillips. 
Test.  Samuel  Phillips,  Jr. 

A  receipt  for  the  amount  of  X1605,  Is.  6d.  is  endorsed 
upon  this  bond,  signed  by  Samuel  Phillips,  Jr. 


AGREEINIENT    BETWEEN    S.     PHILLIPS    OP    ANDOVER, 

J.  PHILLIPS  OF  EXETER,  AND  SAMUEL  PHILLIPS,  Jb., 

OF  ANDOVER. 

]Vo  Date. 

Tins  document  is  among  our  files,  in  the  hand  writing' 
of  Samuel  Phillips,  Jim.,  (afterwards  Lieut.  Governor,) 
without  date,  and  with  numerous  erasures,  and  interlinea- 
tions, and  appears  to  have  been  one  of  his  first  draughts 
of  the  Constitution  of  the  Academy,  the  topics  and  style 
in  the  two  documents  differing  only  in  some  slight  par- 
ticulars. ,  , 

"  This  Indenture,  made  the day  of ,  intthe 

year  of  our  Lord ,  by  and  between  S.  P.  of  A.,  in  the 

,  Esq.,  and  J.  P.  of  E.  in  the ,  Esq.,  of  the  one 

part,  and  S.  P.  Jun'r,  of  said  A.,  gentleman,  of  the  other 
part,  witnesseth,  that  the  said  S.  P.  and  J.  P.,  for  the 
causes  and  considerations,  and  for  the  uses  and  purposes 
hereinafter  expressed,  have  granted,  and  do  by  these  pre- 
sents grant  unto  the  said  S.  P.  Jun'r,  and  his  heirs,  all  the 
right,  title  and  interest,  either  of  us  have  in  certain  pieces 
and  parcels  of  land  lying  and  being  in . 

"  And  the  said  S.  P.  and  J.  P.,  do  also  further  give,  as- 
sign, and  set  over   unto  the   said    S.  P.  Jun'r,  and  to  his 

heirs  forever,  the  sum  of to  have  and  to  hold  the 

same  land,  and  the  same  sum  of  money,  to  the  use  and 
purposes,  and  upon  the  Trust  hereafter  mentioned. 

"  The  lands  shall  be  let  out  on  proper  terms,  and  the  said 
sum  of  money  put  to  interest  on  good  security,  or  both 
improved  in  such  a  way  as  shall  be  found  on  the  whole 
most  beneficial :  and  the  whole  of  the  rents,  profits,  issues, 
and  interest  of  said  land  and  of  said  sum  of  money, 
shall  be  forever  appropriated,  laid  out  and  expended,  for 
the  support  of  a  Public  Free  School  or  Academy,  in  the 


South  Parish,  in  the  town  of  A.  aforesaid,  in  the  manner 
and  form  following. 

"  The  said  S.  P.  and  J.  P.,  Esqrs.  shall,  together  with 
seven  other  persons,  whom  they  shall  nominate  and  ap- 
point, be  Trustees  of  said  School,  (said  Trustees  consist- 
ing, and  they  and  their  successors  forever  hereafter  to 
consist  of  a  number  not  less  than  nine  or  more  than 
eighteen,)  of  whom  the  Master  for  the  time  being  shall 
ever  be  one ;  a  major  part  shall  be  laymen  and  respect- 
able freeholders,  and  a  major  part  shall  not  consist  of  the 
inhabitants  of  the  town  where  the  Seminary  is  situate. 

"  The  Trustees  shall  meet  once  a  year,  and  every  year, 

at  said  School,  on  the Tuesday  of ,  also  upon 

emergencies  when  called  thereto  as  hereafter  directed; 
and  a  major  part  of  the  whole  Trustees  shall,  when  regu- 
larly convened,  have  power  to  transact  the  business  of 
their  trust. 

"  The  first  meeting  of  the  Trustees  shall  be  on  the 

day  of ,  at  the  dwelling  house ,  on  the  lands 

purchased  of  Capt.  Joshua  Holt,  where  S.  P.,  Jun'r,  now 
resides  ;  at  which  shall  be  chosen  the  officers  of  the  Trust, 
a  name  shall  be  given  to  this  Seminary,  and  to  its  princi- 
pal Instructor,  and  such  other  business  relating  to  this 
Institution  transacted  as  the  Trust  shall  think  proper. 

"  There  shall  be  chosen  annually  a  President,  Clerk, 
and  Treasurer,  as  officers  of  the  Trust,  out  of  their  own 
number,  who  shall  continue  in  their  respective  offices 
till  their  places  are  supplied  by  a  new  election.  The 
Master  may  not  be  chosen  President,  and  no  member 
shall  sustain  the  office  of  Clerk  and  Treasurer  at  the  same 
time. 

"  The  President  shall  in  all  cases  give  his  voice  and 
vote,  in  common  with  any  other  member  ;  and  whenever 
there  shall  be  an  equal  division  of  the  members  on  any 
question,  it  shall  determine  on  that  side  whereon  the  Pre- 
sident shall  have  given  his  vote  ;  and  in  his  absence  at 


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any  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  another  shall  be  appointed, 
who  shall  be  vested  with  the  same  power  dm'ing  such  ab- 
sence. He  shall  call  special  meetings  upon  the  applica- 
tion of  any  three  of  the  Trustees,  or  upon  the  concurrence 
of  any  two  of  the  Trustees  in  sentiment  with  him,  on  the 
occasion  of  such  meeting.  And  upon  the  decease  of  the 
President,  a  special  meeting  may  be  called  by  any  three 
of  the  Trustees.  All  notifications  for  special  meetings 
shall  express  the  business  to  be  transacted,  if  convenient, 
and  be  given  at  least  one  month  previous  to  such  meet- 
ing, if  not  incompatible  with  the  welfare  of  the  Semi- 
nary. 

"The  Clerk  shall  record  all  votes  of  the  Trustees,  in- 
serting the  names'of  those  present  at  every  meeting.  He 
shall  keep  a  fair  record  of  every  donation,  with  the  name 
of  each  benefactor,  the  purpose  to  which  it  is  appropri- 
ated, if  expressed,  and  of  all  expenditures,  and  a  true  copy 
of  the  whole  shall  be  taken  and  kept  in  the  Seminary, 
to  be  open  for  the  perusal  of  all  men. 

"  The  Treasurer  shall,  previous  to  his  receiving  the  in- 
terest of  the  Seminary  into  his  hand,  give  bond  for  the 
fathful  discharge  of  his  office,  in  such  sum  as  the  Trustees 
shall  direct,  with  suflicient  sureties.  He  shall  give  dupli- 
cate receipts  for  all  monies  received,  one  to  the  person  de- 
livering the  same,  and  the  other  to  the  President  or  Clerk, 
as  the  Trustees  shall  direct.  And  the  Trustees  shall  take 
such  other  measures  as  they  shall  judge  requisite  to  make 
the  Treasurer  accountable,  and  effectually  to  secure  the 
interest  of  the  Seminary. 

"  The  Trustees  shall  let  or  rent  out  the  lands  in  such 
manner  as  they  shall  find,  on  the  whole,  most  profitable  ; 
they  may  make  sale  of  any  kind  of  estate,  make  pur- 
chases, or  improve  the  property  of  the  Seminary  in  any 
way,  which  they  judge  will  best  serve  its  interest. 

"  Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal,  of  the  Mas- 
ter appointed  by  the  said  S.  P.  and  J.  P.,  the  Trustees 


shall  appoint  another  in  his  stead ;  and  ever  after,  from 
time  to  time,  as  there  shall  happen  any  vacancy  in  this 
office,  they  shall  supply  it. 

"  Whereas  the  success  of  this  Institution  much  de- 
pends, under  Providence,  on  a  discreet  appointment  of 
the  principal  Instructor,  and  the  human  mind  is  liable  to 
imperceptible  bias ;  it  is  required  that  when  any  candi- 
date for  election,  as  a  principal  Instructor,  is  so  near  of 
kin  to  any  member  of  the  Trust  as  a  nephew  or  cousin, 
in  determining  that  election,  any  member,  to  whom  the 
candidate  is  so  related,  shall  not  sit. 

"  The  Trustees  are  empowered  to  appoint  such  Assistant 
or  Assistants,  in  and  for  the  service  of  the  Seminary,  as 
they  shall  judge  will  best  promote  its  usefulness,  and  as 
may  be  duly  encouraged. 

"  No  person  shall  be  chosen  as  a  principal  Instructor 
unless  a  professor  of  the  Christian  religion ;  of  exemplary 
manners ;  of  good  natural  abilities,  and  literary  acquire- 
ments ;  of  a  good  acquaintance  with  human  nature ;  of  a 
natural  aptitude  for  instruction  and  government.  And 
in  the  appointment  of  any  Instructor,  regard  shall  be  had 
to  qualifications  only,  without  preference  of  kindred  or 
friend,  place  of  birth,  education,  or  residence. 

"  Tfie  Trustees  shall  make  a  contract  with  each  Mas- 
ter and  Assistant  before  their  entrance  upon  office,  as  to 
salary  and  perquisites  ;  of  which  there  shall  be  no  altera- 
tion but  in  their  favor,  which  the  said  Trustees  are  em- 
powered to  make,  as  to  them  shall  appear  reasonable,  and 
as  the  incomes  of  the  Seminary  will  admit. 

"  It  shall  be  their  duty  to  inquire  into  the  conduct  of 
the  Master  and  Assistant  or  Assistants ;  and  if  they,  or 
either  of  them,  be  found  justly  chargeable  with  such  mis- 
conduct, neglect  of  duty,  or  incapacity,  as  the  said  Trust 
shall  judge  renders  them,  or  either  of  them,  unfit  to  con- 
tinue in  office,  they  shall  remove  the  Master,  or  any  As- 
sistant so  chargeable. 

"  The  Trustees  shall  determine  the  qualifications  requi- 

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site  to  entitle  youth  to   an  admission   into   this   Semi- 
nary. 

"  As  the  welfare  of  the  Seminary  will  be  greatly  pro- 
moted by  its  students  being  conversant  with  persons  of 
good  character  only,  no  scholar  may  enjoy  the  privileges 
of  this  Institution,  who  shall  board  in  any  family  which 
is  not  licensed  by  the  Trustees. 

"  And  in  order  to  preserve  this  Seminary  from  the  bane- 
ful influence  of  the  incorrigibly  vicious  the  Trustees  shall 
determine  for  what  reasons  a  member  shall  be  expelled, 
and  the  manner  in  which  the  sentence  shall  be  adminis- 
tered. 

"  The  Trustees,  at  their  annual  meeting,  shall  visit  the 
Seminary,  (and  inquire  into  its  regulations,  any  of  which 
they  may  amend  or  discontinue),  examine  into  the  profi- 
ciencies of  the  scholars  ;  examine  and  adjust  all  accounts 
relative  to  the  Seminary,  and  make  any  farther  rules  and 
orders  which  they  find  necessary ;  provided,  that  nothing 
ever  be  done  inconsistent  with  any  rule  herein  particularly 
directed. 

"  They  shall,  as  the  funds  will  permit,  without  afiecting 
the  support  of  the  Master  or  any  Assistant,  have  power 
to  erect  such  buildings  as  they  may'think  necessary ;  and 
at  a  convenient  season,  when  of  sufficient  ability,  shall 
erect  a  large,  decent  building,  sufficient  to  accommodate 
at  least  fifty  scholars  with  boarding,  besides  conveniences 
for  the  Master  and  his  family,  unless  it  shall  be  the  deter- 
mination of  a  major  part  of  all  the  Trustees  that  the  true 
design  of  this  Institution  may  be  better  promoted  by  the 
scholars  boarding  in  private  families,  and  by  some  other 
improvement  of  the  interest  of  the  Seminary.  They  shall, 
from  time  to  time,  order  such  repairs  as  they  shall  judge 
necessary. 

"  Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  incapacity  for  the  ser- 
vice, by  reason  of  age  or  otherwise,  of  any  of  the  Trustees, 
the  remaining  Trustees  shall  supply  the  vacancy  by  a  new 
election. 


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"  In  settling  the  salary  and  perquisites  of  the  Master, 
and  in  the  consideration  of  every  other  question,  in  which 
the  Master  is  particularly  interested,  he  shall  not  sit.  And 
if  any  question  shall  come  before  the  Trustees,  wherein 
the  town,  or  parish  where  the  Seminary  is  situate  may  be 
a  party,  or  particularly  interested,  and  any  minister  be- 
longing to  such  town  is  a  Trustee,  in  the  consideration  of 
such  question  he  shall  not  sit. 

"  At  the  meetings  of  the  Trustees  there  shall  be  made 
decent,  not  extravagant  entertainment ;  economy  is  to  be 
ever  viewed  by  Trustees  and  Instructors  in  their  respec- 
tive capacities  as  an  object  worthy  their  particular  recom- 
mendation. 

"  The  Master,  when  appointed,  shall  receive  applica- 
tions for  the  admission  of  scholars  and  determine  them ; 
conforming  to  the  rules  instituted  by  the  Trustees  respect- 
ing the  same. 

"  He  shall  conform  himself  to  the  regulations  establish- 
ed by  the  Founders  and  Trust,  and  have  power  from  time 
to  time  to  make  such  farther  rules  and  orders  as  he  shall 
find  necessary  for  the  internal  management  and  regulation 
of  the  Seminary  ;  which  rules  and  orders  shall  be  likewise 
subject  to  the  examination,  amendment,  or  discontinuance 
of  the  Trustees,  at  their  discretion. 

"  It  shall  ever  be  considered  as  the  first  and  principal 
duty  of  the  Master,  to  regulate  the  tempers,  to  enlarge  the 
minds,  and  form  the  morals  of  the  youth  committed  to  his 
care. 

"  There  shall  be  taught  in  the  Seminary,  the  English, 
Latin,  and  Greek  languages,  writing,  arithmetic,  music, 
and  the  art  of  speaking;  —  also  practical  geometry,  logic, 
and  geography,  and  any  other  of  the  liberal  arts  and  sci- 
ences or  languages,  as  opportunity  and  ability  may  here- 
after admit  and  as  the  Trustees  shall  direct. 

"  The  Master  is  to  give  special  attention  to  the  health 
of  the  scholars,  and  ever  to  urge  the  importance  of  an 
habit  of  industry.    For  these  purposes  it  is  to  be  a  part  of 


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his  duty  to  encourage  the  scholars  to  perform  some  manual 
labor,  such  as  gardening  or  the  like,  so  far  as  is  consist- 
ent with  cleanliness  and  the  inclination  of  their  parents ; 
and  the  fruit  of  their  labors  shall  be  applied,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Trustees,  to  enlarging  the  Library,  or  in  some 
other  way  extending  the  usefulness  of  this  Seminary. 

"But  above  all,  it  is  expected  that  the  Master's  attention 
to  the  disposition  of  the  minds  and  morals  of  the  youth 
under  his  charge  will  exceed  every  other  care ;  well  con- 
sidering that  though  goodness  without  knowledge  (as  it 
regards  others),  is  weak  and  feeble,  yet  knowledge  with- 
out goodness  is  dangerous,  and  that  both  united  form  the 
noblest  character,  and  lay  the  surest  foundation  of  useful- 
ness to  mankind. 

"  It  is  therefore  required,  that  he  most  attentively  and 
vigorously  guard  against  the  earliest  irregularities:  —  that 
he  frequently  delineate  in  their  natural  colors  the  deform- 
ity and  odiousness  of  vice,  and  the  beauty  and  amiable- 
ness  of  virtue  : — 

"that  he  spare  no  pains  to  convince  them  of  their 
numberless  and  indispensable  obligations  to  abhor  and 
avoid  the  former,  and  to  love  and  practise  the  latter;  —  of  the 
several  great  duties  they  owe  to  God,  their  country,  their 
parents,  their  neighbor, 'and  themselves:  —  that  he  criti- 
cally and  constantly  observe  the  variety  of  their  natural 
tempers,  and  solicitously  endeavor  to  bring  them  under 
such  discipline  as  may  tend  most  effectually  to  promote 
their  own  satisfaction  and  the  happiness  of  others : — 

"  that  he  early  inure  them  to  contemplate  the  several 
connections  and  various  scenes  incident  to  human  life, 
furnishing  such  general  maxims  of  conduct  as  may  best 
enable  them  to  pass  through  all  with  ease,  reputation,  and 
comfort. 

"  And  whereas,  many  of  the  students  in  this  Seminary 
may  be  devoted  to  the  sacred  work  of  the  Gospel  Minis- 
try: —  that  the  true  and  fundamental'  principles  of  the 
Christian  religion  may  be  cultivated,  established,  and  per- 


petuated  in  the  Christian  church,  so  far  as  this  Institu- 
tion may  have  influence,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mas- 
ter, as  the  age  and  capacity  of  the  scholars  will  admit,  not 
only  to  instruct  and  establish  them  in  the  truth  of  Chris- 
tianity, but  also  early  and  diligently  to  inculcate  upon 
them  the  great  and  important  Scripture  doctrines  of  the 
existence  of  One  True  God,  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 
C-rhost  —  of  the  Fall  of  Man  —  the  Depravity  of  Human 
Nature  —  the  Necessity  of  an  Atonement  —  and  of  our 
being  Renewed  in  the  Spirit  of  our  Minds.  The  doc- 
trines of  Repentance  towards  God,  and  of  Faith  towards 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  —  of  Sanctification  by  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  of  Justification  by  the  Free  Grace  of  God, 
through  the  Redemption  that  is  in  Jesus  Christ,  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  erroneous  and  dangerous  doctrine  of  Justifica- 
tion by  our  own  merit,  or  a  dependence  on  Self-Righteous- 
ness ;  together  with  the  other  important  doctrines  and 
duties  of  our  holy  Christian  Religion. 

And  whereas,  the  most  wholesome  precepts  without 
frequent  repetition  may  prove  ineffectual ;  it  is  further  re- 
quired of  the  Master,  that  he  not  only  urge,  and  re-urge, 
but  continue  from  day  to  day,  to  impress  these  instructions. 

And  let  him  ever  remember,  that  the  design  of  this  In- 
stitution can  never  be  answered  without  his  persevering, 
incessant  attention  to  this  duty. 

Protestants  only  shall  ever  be  concerned  in  the  Trust 
or  Instruction  of  this  Seminary. 

The  election  of  all  officers,  herein  required,  shall  be  by 
ballot  only. 

This  Seminary  shall  be  ever  equally  open  to  youth  of 
requisite  qualifications  from  every  quarter,  provided  that 
none  be  admitted  till,  in  common  parlance,  they  can  read 
English  well,  excepting  such  particular  members  as  the 
Trustees  may  hereafter  license. 

And  in  order  to  prevent  the  smallest  perversion  of  the 
true  intent  of  this  Foundation,  it  is  again  declared,  that 
the  first  and  principal  object  of  this  Institution  is  the  pro- 


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motion  of  true  Piety  and  Virtue ;  the  second,  instruction 
in  the  English,  Latin,  and  Greek  languages,  together  with 
writjhg,  arithmetic,  music  and  the  art  of  speaking;  the 
third,  practical  geometry,  logic,  and  geography;  and  the 
fourth,  such  other  of  the  liberal  arts  and  sciences  or  lan- 
gviages  as  opportunity  and  ability  may  hereafter  admit, 
and  as  the  Trustees  shall  direct.  And  this  indenture  shall 
be  read  by  the  President  once  a  year,  and  every  year,  at 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees. 

Whereas,  in  the  course  of  human  events,  the  period 
may  arrive,  when  the  prosperity  of  this  Institution  may 
be  promoted  by  removing  it  from  the  place  where  it  is 
founded;  if  it  shall  hereafter  be  judged,  upon  mature  and 
impartial  consideration  of  all  circumstances,  by  two-thirds 
of  the  Trustees,  that  for  good  and  substantial  reasons, 
which  at  this  time  have  not  an  existence,  the  true  design 
herein  expressed  will  be  better  served,  by  removing  the 
Seminary  to  some  other  place,  it  shall  be  in  their  power 
to  remove  it  accordingly ;  provided  that  if  this  event  shall 
ever  take  place,  there  shall  be  fairly  and  truly  entered  on 
the  Clerk's  records,  all  the  reasons  whereon  the  determina- 
tion was  grounded,  and  the  same  shall  be  subscribed  by 
the  members  who  effected  the  determination. 

But  unless  the  good  of  mankind  shall  manifestly  require 
it,  this  Seminary  shall  never  be  removed  from  the  South 
Parish  in  the  Town  of  Andover. 

And  we  hereby  reserve  to  ourselves,  during  any  part  of 
our  natural  lives,  the  full  right  jointly  to  make  any  special 
rule  for  the  perpetual  government  of  this  Institution, 
which  shall  be  equally  binding  on  those  whom  they  may 
concern  with  any  clause  in  this  Indenture ;  provided  no 
such  rule  shall  be  subversive  of  the  true  design  herein 
expressed.  We  also  reserve  to  ourselves,  a  right  jointly 
to  appoint  one  person  to  succeed  in  the  Trust  after  our 
decease  or  resignation,  to  whom  shall  be  transferred  the 
same  right  of  appointment,  and  to  his  successors  in  the 
said  Trust  forever. 


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And  the  said  S.  P.  Jun'r,  doth  hereby  for  himself,  his 
heirs,  executors  and  administrators,  covenant  to  and  with 
the  said  S.  P.  and  J.  P.,  Esqrs.,  their  heirs,  executors,  and 
administrators,  that  he  will  stand  seized  forever,  of  the 
lands  and  monies  aforesaid,  to  and  for  the  uses  and 
purposes,  and  upon  the  Trust  aforesaid,  and  for  no  other 
use  or  purpose  whatsoever,  and  that  the  same  shall  ever  be 
subject  to  the  regulations  aforesaid. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  parties  aforesaid,  have  hereunto 
set  their  hands  and  seals,  the  day  and  year  first  afore- 
written. 

No  Signatures. 


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l'5'§§  — April  21. 

DONATION  BY  THE  HON.  SA]»JUEL  PHILLIPS,  AND 
HON.  JOHN  PHILLIPS. 

THE  CONSTITUTION  OF  PHILLIPS  ACADEMY. 

A  SHORT  reflection  iipon  the  grand  design  of  the  great 
Parent  of  the  Universe  in  the  creation  of  mankind,  and 
the  improvements  of  which  the  mind  is  capable  both  in 
knowledge  and  virtue,  as  well  as  upon  the  prevalence  of 
ignorance  and  vice,  disorder  and  wickedness,  and  upon 
the  direct  tendency  and  certain  issue  of  such  a  course  of 
things,  must  occasion,  in  a  thoughtful  mind,  an  earnest 
solicitude  to  find  the  source  of  these  evils  and  their  remedy; 
and  a  small  acquaintance  with  the  qualities  of  young 
minds  —  how  susceptible  and  tenacious  they  are  of  im- 
pressions, evidences  that  youth  is  the  important  period,  oil 
the  improvement  or  neglect  of  which  depend  the  most  im- 
portant consequences  to  individuals  themselves  and  the 
community. 

A  serious  consideration  of  the  premises,  and  an  obser- 
vation of  the  growing  neglect  oiyouth^  have  excited  in  us 
a  painful  anxiety  for  the  event,  and  determined  us  to 
make,  in  the  following  Conveyance,  a  humble  dedication 
to  our  Heavenly  Benefactor  of  the  ability,  wherewith  he 
hath  blessed  us,  to  lay  the  foundation  of  a  public  free 
School  or  Academy  for  the  purpose  of  instructing  Youth, 
not  only  in  English  and  Latin  Grammar,  Writing,  Arith- 
metic, and  those  Sciences,  wherein  they  are  commonly 
taught ;  but  more  especially  to  learn  them  the  great  end 
and  real  business  of  living. 

Earnestly  wishing  that  this  Institution  may  grow  and 
flourish  ;  that  the  advantages  of  it  may  be  extensive  and 
lasting ;  that  its  usefulness  may  be  so  manifest,  as  to  lead 


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the  way  to  other  establishments  on  the  same  principles ; 
and  that  it  ^  may  finally  prove  an  eminent  means  of  ad- 
vancing the  Interest  of  the  great  Redeemer,  to  His  patron- 
age and  blessing  we  humbly  commit  it. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  we,  Samuel  Phil- 
lips of  Andover,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and   State  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  Esq.,  and  John  Phillips  of  Exeter,  in 
the   County  of  Rockingham,  and  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, Esq.,  for  the  causes  and  considerations,  and  for  the 
uses  and  purposes    hereinafter  expressed,    have   granted, 
and  do  by  these  presents  grant  unto   the  Hon.  William 
Phillips,  Esq.,  Oliver  Wendell  and  John  Lowell,  Esqs., 
of  Boston,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  and  State  of  Massa- 
chusetts Bay,  the  Rev.  Josiah  Stearns,  of  Epping,  in  the 
County  of  Rockingham  aforesaid,  Elias  Smith,  of  Middle- 
ton,    William    Symmes    and    Jonathan    French,    Clerks, 
Messrs.    Samuel   Phillips,  Jun'r,   and   Eliphalet   Pearson, 
gentlemen,  and   Mr.   Nehemiah   Abbot,   Yeoman,  all  of 
Andover  aforesaid,  and  to  their  heirs,  all  the  right,  title,  and 
interest,  either  of  us  have  in  certain  parcels  of  land,  here- 
after mentioned,  viz. : 

In  three  several  pieces  of  land,  situate  in  Andover  afore- 
said; the  first  of  which  contains  about  twelve  acres,  the 
second  piece  contains  about  twenty-eight  acres,  the  third 
piece  contains  about  thirty  acres,  being  lately  part  of  the 
estate  of  George  Abbot,  Esq.,  deceased,  and  conveyed  by 
Capt.  Joshua  Holt,  administrator  on  said  estate,  to  Sam- 
uel   Phillips,  Esq.,  aforesaid,  March   first,  one  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  seventy-seven ;  —  likewise  two  other 
parcels  of  land  in  said  Andover,  situate  near  the  two  first 
mentioned  pieces,  containing  about  thirty-nine  acres,  con- 
veyed by  Solomon  Wardwell  to  said  Phillips,  January 
twenty-fourth,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy- 
seven,  together  with  all  the  buildings  on  said  lands;  — 
likewise  two  other  pieces  of  wood  land,  situate  in  said 
Andover,  containing  about  thirty-two  acres,  conveyed  by 

3 


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said  Nehemiah  Abbot  to  said  Phillips,  January  twelfth, 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy-eight;  —  like- 
wise about  two  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Jaf- 
frey,  in  the  County  of  Cheshire,  and  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, conveyed  by  John  Little  to  said  Phillips,  September 
fourth,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy-seven. 

And  the  said  Samuel  Phillips,  and  John  Phillips,  do 
also  farther  give,  assign,  and  set  over  unto  the  said  Wil- 
liam Phillips,  Oliver  Wendell,  Josiah  Stearns,  William 
Symmes,  Elias  Smith,  Jonathan  French,  Samuel  Phillips, 
Jun'r,  Eliphalet  Pearson,  and  Nehemiah  Abbot,  and  to 
their  heirs,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  six  hundred  and  four- 
teen pounds,  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  land  and  the 
same  sum  of  money,  to  them  and  to  their  heirs,  to  the  use 
and  upon  the  trust,  hereafter  mentioned. 

The  lands  shall  be  let  out  on  proper  terms,  and  the  said 
sum  of  money  put  to  interest  on  good  security,  or  both 
improved  in  such  way,  as  shall  be  found  on  the  whole  most 
beneficial ;  and  the  whole  of  the  rents,  profits,  issues,  and 
interest  of  said  land,  and  of  said  sum  of  money,  shall  be 
forever  appropriated,  laid  out,  and  expended,  for  the  sup- 
port of  a  public  Free  School  or  Academy  in  the  South 
Parish,  in  the  Town  of  Andover  aforesaid,  in  manner  and 
form  following : 

The  said  Samuel  Phillips  and  John  Phillips,  shall,  to- 
gether with  the  beforenamed  William  Phillips,  Oliver 
Wendell,  John  Lowell,  Josiah  Stearns,  William  Symmes, 
Elias  Smith,  Jonathan  French,  Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r, 
Eliphalet  Pearson,  and  Nehemiah  Abbot,  be  Trustees  of 
said  School ;  and  hereafter  the  Master  for  the  time  being, 
shall  ever  be  one  of  the  Trustees ;  a  major  part  shall  be 
laymen  and  respectable  freeholders ;  also,  a  major  part 
shall  not  consist  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  town  where  the 
Seminary  is  situate. 

The  Trustees  shall  meet  on  the  last  Tuesday  of  April, 
instant;  and  ever  after,  once  in  every  year,  on  such  day 
as  they  shall  appoint ;  also  upon  emergencies,  when  called 


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thereto,  as  hereafter  directed ;  and  a  major  part  of  the 
Trustees  shall,  when  regularly  convened,  be  a  quorum;  of 
which  quorum  a  major  part  shall  have  power  to  transact 
the  business  of  their  Trust,  except  in  cases  hereafter  ex- 
cepted ;  and  their  first  meeting  shall  be  at  the  dwelling 
house  on  the  lands  purchased  of  Capt.  Joshua  Holt,  where 
Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r,  now  resides,  at  which  shall  be 
chosen  the  Officers  of  the  Trust ;  a  name  shall  be  given 
to  this  Seminary  and  its  principal  Instructor ;  and  such 
other  business,  relating  to  this  Institution,  transacted,  as 
the  Trustees  shall  think  proper. 

There  shall  be  chosen  annually  a  President,  Clerk,  and 
Treasurer,  as  Officers  of  the  Trust,  out  of  their  own  num- 
ber, who  shall  continue  in  their  respective  offices,  till  their 
places  are  supplied  by  a  new  election ;  and,  upon  the  de- 
cease of  either  of  them,  another  shall  be  chosen  in  his 
room  at  the  next  meeting.  The  Master  shall  not  be  cho- 
sen President,  and  no  member  shall  sustain  the  office  of 
Clerk  and  Treasurer  at  the  same  time. 

The  President  shall,  in  all  cases,  give  his  voice  and 
vote  in  common  with  any  other  member;  and,  whenever 
there  shall  be  an  equal  division  of  the  members  on  any 
question,  it  shall  determine  on  that  side,  whereon  the  Pre- 
sident shall  have  given  his  vote ;  and  in  his  absence,  at 
any  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  another  shall  be  appointed, 
who  shall  be  vested  with  the  same  power,  during  such  ab- 
sence;—  he  shall  call  special  meetings  upon  the  applica- 
tion of  any  three  of  the  Trustees,  or  upon  the  concurrence 
of  any  two  of  the  Trustees  in  sentiment  with  him  on  the 
occasion  of  such  meeting.  And  upon  the  decease  of  the 
President,  a  special  meeting  may  be  called  by  any  three 
of  the  Trustees.  All  notifications  for  special  meetings 
shall  express  the  business  to  be  transacted,  if  convenient; 
and  be  given  at  least  one  month  previous  to  such  meeting, 
if  not  incompatible  with  the  welfare  of  the  Seminary; 
and,  when  a  special  meeting  shall  be  called  for  the  ap- 
pointment of  an  Instructor,  or  to  transact  other  business 


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of  material  consequence,  information  shall  be  given  by 
leaving  a  written  notification  at  the  house  of  each  Trus- 
tee, or  in  such  other  way,  as  that  the  President,  or  mem- 
bers notifying,  shall  have  good  reason  to  believe  that  each 
member  has  received  the  notice. 

The  Clerk  shall  record  all  votes  of  the  Trustees,  insert- 
ing the  names  of  those  present  at  every  meeting.  He 
shall  keep  a  fair  record  of  every  donation,  with  the  name 
of  each  benefactor,  the  purpose  to  which  it  is  appropri- 
ated, if  expressed,  and  of  all  expenditures,  and  a  true  copy 
of  the  whole  shall  be  taken  and  kept  in  the  Seminary, 
to  be  open  for  the  perusal  of  all  men ;  and  if  he  shall  be 
absent  at  any  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  another  shall  be 
appointed,  to  serve  in  his  room,  during  such  absence. 

The  Treasurer  shall,  previous  to  his  receiving  the  in- 
terest of  the  Seminary  into  his  hand,  give  bond  for  the 
faithful  discharge  of  his  office,  in  such  sum  as  the  Trustees 
shall  direct,  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  the  Trustees  of  the 
Seminary  for  the  time  being  by  name ;  said  bond  to  ex- 
press the  use  both  in  the  obligatory  part  and  in  the  condi- 
tion. He  shaQ  give  duplicate  receipts  for  all  monies  re- 
ceived, countersigned  by  one  of  the  Trustees  ;  one  to  the 
Donor,  the  other  to  be  lodged  with  such  member  as  the 
Trustees  shall  from  time  to  time  direct;  and  the  Trus- 
tees shall  take  such  other  measures  as  they  shall  judge 
requisite  to  make  the  Treasurer  accountable,  and  effectu- 
ally to  secure  the  interest  of  the  Seminary. 

The  Trustees  shall  let  or  rent  out  the  lands  in  such 
manner  as  they  shall  find,  on  the  whole,  most  profitable  ; 
they  may  make  sale  of  any  kind  of  estate,  make  pur- 
chases, or  improve  the  property  of  the  Seminary  in  any 
way,  which  they  judge  will  best  serve  its  interest. 

Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal,  of  the  Master 
appointed  by  the  said  Samuel  Phillips  and  John  Phillips, 
the  Trustees  shall  appoint  another  in  his  stead ;  and  ever 
after,  from  time  to  time,  as  there  shall  happen  any  va- 
cancy in  this  office,  they  shall  supply  it. 


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Whereas  the  success  of  this  Institution  much  depends, 
under  Providence,  on  a  discreet  appointment  of  the  prin- 
cipal Instructor,  and  the  human  mind  is  liable  to  imper- 
ceptible bias ;  it  is  therefore  required,  that,  when  any  can- 
didate for  election,  as  a  principal  Instructor,  is  so  near  a 
kin  to  any  member  of  the  Trust  as  a  nephew  or  cousin, 
in  determining  that  election,  any  member,  to  whom  the 
candidate  is  so  related,  shall  not  sit. 

The  Trustees  are  empowered  to  appoint  such  Assistant 
or  Assistants,  in  and  for  the  service  of  the  Seminary,  as 
they  shall  judge  will  best  promote  its  usefulness,  and  as 
may  be  duly  encouraged. 

No  person  shall  be  chosen  as  a  principal  Instructor 
unless  a  professor  of  the  Christian  religion;  of  exemplary 
manners ;  of  good  natural  abilities,  and  literary  acquire- 
ments ;  of  a  good  acquaintance  with  human  nature ;  of  a 
natural  aptitude  for  instruction  and  government;  and, 
in  the  appointment  of  any  Instructor,  regard  shall  be  had 
to  qualifications  only,  without  preference  of  kindred  or 
friend,  place  of  birth,  education,  or  residence. 

The  Trustees  shall  make  a  contract  with  each  Mas- 
ter and  Assistant  before  their  entrance  upon  office,  as  to 
salary ;  of  which  there  shall  be  no  alteration  but  in 
their  favor,  which  the  said  Trustees  are  empowered  to 
make,  as  to  them  shall  appear  reasonable,  and  as  the  in- 
comes of  the  Seminary  will  admit. 

It  shall  be  their  duty  to  inquire  into  the  conduct  of 
the  Master  and  Assistant  or  Assistants;  and,  if  they,  or 
either  of  them,  be  found  justly  chargeable  with  such  mis- 
conduct, neglect  of  duty,  or  incapacity,  as  the  said  Trus- 
tees shall  judge  renders  them,  or  either  of  them,  unfit  to 
continue  in  office,  they  shall  remove  the  Master,  or  any 
Assistant  so  chargeable. 

The  Trustees  shall  determine  the  qualifications  requi- 
site to  entitle  youth  to  an  admission  into  this  Semi- 
nary. 

As  the  welfare  of  the  Seminary  will  be  greatly  pro- 


moted  by  its  members  being  conversant  with  persons  of 
good  character  only,  no  scholar  may  enjoy  the  privileges 
of  this  Institution,  who  shall  board  in  any  family  which 
is  not  licensed  by  the  Trustees. 

And,  in  order  to  preserve  this  Seminary  from  the  bane- 
ful influence  of  the  incorrigibly  vicious,  the  Trustees  shall 
determine  for  what  reasons  a  scholar  shall  be  expelled, 
and  the  manner  in  which  the  sentence  shall  be  adminis- 
tered. 

The  Trustees,  at  their  annual  meeting,  shall  visit  the 
Seminary,  and  examine  into  the  proficiency  of  the  schol- 
ars ;  examine  and  adjust  all  accounts  relative  to  the  Semi- 
nary, and  make  any  farther  rules  and  orders  which  they 
find  necessary,  and  not  inconsistent  with  any  rule  that  is 
or  may  be  established  by  the  Founders. 

They  shall,  as  the  funds  will  permit,  without  affecting 
the  support  of  the  Master  or  any  Assistant,  have  power 
to  erect  such  buildings  as  they  may  think  necessary ;  and 
at  a  convenient  season,  when  of  sufficient  ability,  shall 
erect  a  large,  decent  building,  sufficient  to  accommodate 
at  least  fifty  scholars  with  boarding,  besides  the  Master 
and  his  family,  unless  it  shall  be  the  determination  of  a 
major  part  of  all  the  Trustees,  that  the  true  design  of  this 
Institution  may  be  better  promoted  by  the  scholars  board- 
ing in  private  families,  and  by  some  other  improvement 
of  the  interest  of  the  Seminary.  They  shall,  from  time  to 
time,  order  such  repairs  as  they  shall  judge  necessary. 

Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  incapacity  for  the  ser- 
vice, by  reason  of  age  or  otherwise,  of  any  of  the  Trustees, 
the  remaining  Trustees  shall  supply  the  vacancy  by  a  new 
election. 

In  settling  the  salary  and  perquisites  of  the  Master, 
and  in  the  consideration  of  every  other  question,  in  which 
the  Master  is  particularly  interested,  he  shall  not  sit.  And, 
if  any  question  shall  come  before  the  Trustees,  wherein 
the  town,  or  parish  where  the  Seminary  is  situate  may  be 
a  party,  or  particularly  interested,  and  any  minister  be- 


9n 


longing  to  such  town  is  a  Trustee,  in  the  consideration  of 
such  question  he  shall  not  sit. 

At  the  meetings  of  the  Trustees  there  shall  be  made 
decent,  not  extravagant  entertainment ;  economy  is  to  be 
ever  viewed  by  Trustees  and  Instructors  in  their  respec- 
tive capacities  as  an  object  worthy  their  particular  recom- 
mendation. 

The  Master,  when  appointed,  shall  receive  applica- 
tions for  the  admission  of  scholars  and  determine  them 
agreeably  to  the  rules  respecting  the  same. 

He  shall  conform  himself  to  the  regulations  established 
by  the  Founders  and  Trustees,  and  have  power  from  time 
to  time  to  make  such  other  consistent  rules  and  orders  as  he 
shall  find  necessary  for  the  internal  management  and  regu- 
lation of  the  Seminary;  which  rules  and  orders  shall  be 
subject  to  the  examination,  amendment,  or  discontinuance 
of  the  Trustees,  at  their  discretion. 

It  shall  be  ever  considered  as  the  first  and  principal 
duty  of  the  Master,  to  regulate  the  tempers,  to  enlarge  the 
minds,  and  form  the  morals  of  the  youth  committed  to  his 
care. 

There-  shall  be  taught  in  this  Seminary,  the  English, 
Latin,  and  Greek  languages,  Writing,  Arithmetic,  Music, 
and  the  Art  of  Speaking ;  —  also  practical  Geometry, 
Logic,  and  Geography,  and  any  other  of  the  liberal  Arts 
and  Sciences  or  Languages,  as  opportunity  and  ability 
may  hereafter  admit,  and  as  the  Trustees  shall  direct. 

The  Master  is  to  give  special  attention  to  the  health 
of  the  scholars,  and  ever  to  urge  the  importance  of  a 
habit  of  industry.  For  these  purposes  it  is  to  be  a  part  of 
his  duty  to  encourage  the  scholars  to  perform  some  manual 
labor,  such  as  gardening  or  the  like,  so  far  as  is  consist- 
ent with  cleanliness  and  the  inclination  of  their  parents ; 
and  the  fruit  of  their  labor  shall  be  applied,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Trustees,  for  procuring  a  Library,  or  in  some 
other  way  increasing  the  usefulness  of  this  Seminary. 

But  above  all,  it  is  expected  that  the  Master's  attention 


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to  the  disposition  of  the  minds  and  morals  of  the  youth 
under  his  charge  will  exceed  every  other  care ;  well  con- 
sidering that,  though  goodness  without  knowledge  (as  it 
respects  others),  is  weak  and  feeble,  yet  knowledge  with- 
out goodness  is  dangerous,  and  that  both  united  form  the 
noblest  character,  and  lay  the  surest  foundation  of  useful- 
ness to  mankind. 

It  is  therefore  required,  that  he  most  attentively  and 
vigorously  guard  against  the  earliest  irregularities:  —  that 
he  frequently  delineate  in  their  natural  colors  the  deform- 
ity and  odiousness  of  vice,  and  the  beauty  and  amiable- 
ness  of  virtue: — that  he  spare  no  pains  to  convince  them 
of  their  numberless  and  indispensable  obligations  to  abhor 
and  avoid  the  former,  and  to  love  and  practise  the  latter;  — 
of  the  several  great  duties  they  owe  to  God,  their  country, 
their  parents,  their  neighbor,  and  themselves:  —  that  he 
critically  and  constantly  observe  the  variety  of  their  nat- 
ural tempers,  and  solicitously  endeavor  to  bring  them  un- 
der such  discipline  as  may  tend  most  effectually  to  pro- 
mote their  own  satisfaction  and  the  happiness  of  others: — 
that  he  early  inure  them  to  contemplate  the  several  con- 
nections and  various  scenes  incident  to  human  life,  fur- 
nishing such  general  maxims  of  conduct  as  may  best  en- 
able them  to  pass  through  all  with  ease,  reputation,  and 
comfort. 

And,  whereas  many  of  the  students  in  this  Seminary 
may  be  devoted  to  the  sacred  work  of  the  Gospel  Minis- 
try: —  that  the  true  and  fundamental  principles  of  the 
Christian  religion  may  be  cultivated,  established,  and  per- 
petuated in  the  Christian  church,  so  far  as  this  Institu- 
tion may  have  influence,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Mas- 
ter, as  the  age  and  capacities  of  the  scholars  will  admit,  not 
only  to  instruct  and  establish  them  in  the  truth  of  Chris- 
tianity, but  also  early  and  diligently  to  inculcate  upon 
them  the  great  and  important  Scripture  doctrines  of  the 
existence  of  One  True  God,  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy 
Ghost  —  of  the  Fall  of  Man  —  the  Depravity  of  Human 


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Nature  —  the  Necessity  of  an  Atonement  —  and  of  our 
being  Renewed  in  the  Spirit  of  our  Minds ;]  the  doc- 
trines of  Repentance  toward  God,  and  of  Faith  toward 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  —  of  Sanctification  by  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  of  Justification  by  the  Free  Grace  of  God, 
through  the  Redemption  that  is  in  Jesus  Christ,  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  erroneous  and  dangerous  doctrine  of  Justifica- 
tion by  our  own  merit,  or  a  dependence  on  Self-Righteous- 
ness ;  together  with  the  other  important  doctrines  and 
duties^of  our  holy  Christian  Religion. 

And,  whereasfthe  most  wholesome  precepts  without 
frequent  repetition  may  prove  ineffectual ;  it  is  farther  re- 
quired of  the  Master,  that  he  not  only  urge,  and  re-urge, 
but  continue  from  day  to  day,  to  impress  these  instruc- 
tions. 

And  let  him  ever  remember,  that  the  design  of  this  In- 
stitution can  never  be  answered  without  his  persevering, 
incessant  attention  to  this  duty. 

Protestants  only  shall  ever  be  concerned  in  the  Trust 
or  Instruction  of  this  Seminary. 

The  election  of  all  Officers,  shall  be  by  ballot  only. 

This  Seminary  shall  be  ever  equally  open  to  youth  of 
requisite  qualifications  from  every  quarter,  provided  that 
none  be  admitted  till,  in  common  parlance,  they  can  read 
English  well,  excepting  such  particular  numbers  as  the 
Trustees  may  hereafter  license. 

And,  in  order  to  prevent  the  smallest  perversion  of  the 
true  intent  of  this  Foundation,  it  is  again  declared,  that 
the  first  and  principal  object  of  this  Institution  is  the  pro- 
motion of  true  Piety  and  Virtue ;  the  second,  instruction 
in  the  English,  Latin,  and  Greek  languages,  together  with 
Writing,  Arithmetic,  Music  and  the  Art  of  Speaking ;  the 
thirds  practical  Geometry,  Logic,  and  Geography ;  and  the 
fourth,  such  other  of  ^  the  Liberal  Arts  and  Sciences  or 
Languages  as  opportunity  and  ability  may  hereafter  ad 
mit,  and  as  the  Trustees  shall  direct.     And  these  Regula- 

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tions  shall  be  read  by  the  President,  at  the  annual  meet- 
ings of  the  Trustees. 

Whereas,  in  the  course  of  human  events,  the  period 
may  arrive,  when  the  prosperity  of  this  Institution  may 
be  promoted  by  removing  it  from  the  place  where  it  is 
founded;  if  it  shall  hereafter  be  judged,  upon  mature 
and  impartial  consideration  of  all  circumstances,  by  two- 
thirds  of  the  Trustees,  that  for  good  and  substantial  rea- 
sons, which  at  this  time  do  not  exist,  the  true  design 
herein  expressed  will  be  better  served,  by  removing  the 
Seminary  to  some  other  place,  it  shall  be  in  their  power 
to  remove  it  accordingly;  provided  that  if  this  event  shall 
ever  take  place,  there  shall  be  fairly  and  truly  entered  on 
the  Clerk's  records,  all  the  reasons  whereon  the  determina- 
tion was  grounded,  and  the  same  shall  be  svibscribed  by 
the  members  who  effected  the  determination ;  but  unless 
the  good  of  mankind  shall  manifestly  require  it,  this  Sem- 
inary shall  never  be  removed  from  the  South  Parish  in  the 
Town  of  Andover. 

And  we  hereby  reserve  to  ourselves,  during  any  part  of 
our  natural  lives,  the  full  right  jointly  to  make  any  special 
Rules  for  the  perpetual  Government  of  this  Institution, 
which  shall  be  equally  binding  on  those  whom  they  may 
concern  with  any  clause  in  these  Hegulations ;  provided  no 
such  Rule  shall  be  subversive  of  the  true  design  herein 
expressed.  We  also  reserve  to  ourselves,  a  right  jointly 
to  appoint  one  person  to  succeed  in  the  Trust  after  our 
decease  or  resignation,  to  whom  shall  be  transferred  the 
same  right  of  appointment,  and  to  his  successors  in  the 
said  Trust  forever. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  the  Subscribers,  have  hereunto 
set  our  hands  and  seals,  this  twenty-first  day  of  April,  in 
the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
seventy-eight. 

Signed,  sealed, and  delivered,  SAMUEL     PHILLIPS,    (S.) 

in  presence  of  7     \       / 

John  Abbott, 

Hannah  Holt.  JOHN  PHILLIPS.  (S.) 


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The  within  written  Instrument  was  again  signed,  seal- 
ed, and  delivered  by  the  within  named  Samuel  Phillips, 
Esq.,  and  John  Phillips,  after  the  insertion  of  the  words, 
"  and  to  their  heirs,"  in  the  first  page,  "and  to  their  heirs," 
and  "to  them  and  to  their  heirs,"  in  the  third  page  of  the 
foregoing  Instrument,  on  the  twenty-ninth  day  of  April, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
seventy-eight.     In  presence  of  us, 

J.    MOTTEY. 

Edward  Wendell. 

State  of  New  Hampshire,  Rockingham  ss.,  Oct'r  13,  1791. 
Then  the  Hon.  John  Phillips,  Esq.,  personally  acknowl- 
edged the  foregoing  Instrument  to  be  his  free   act  and 
deed.     Before  me, 

Oliver  Peabody,  Just.  Pads. 

Know  all  men,  that  I,  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Andover,  in 
the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts, Esq.,  heir  to,  and  administrator  on  the  estate  of 
Samuel  Phillips  deceased,  one  of  the  grantors  in  the  be- 
fore-written Instrument,  at  the  signing  whereof  by  the 
said  Phillips  deceased,  the  subscriber  to  this  release  was 
present,  for  the  causes  and  considerations,  and  for  the 
uses  and  purposes  therein  expressed,  do  by  these  presents, 
release  and  confirm  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
and  to  their  successors  in  that  office  all  my  right,  title,  and 
interest  in  the  lands  and  buildings,  described  in  the  said 
Instrument:  to  have  and  hold  the  same,  to  them  and 
their  successors,  for  the  uses  and  purposes  aforesaid. 

In  witness  whereof  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  this  thirteenth  day  of  July,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety-three. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered, 

John" Pickering,  SAMUEL  PHILLIPS,  (S.) 

John  Clark. 


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Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Essex  ss.,  July  13, 1793. 
Then  Samuel  Phillips,  last  named,  personally  acknowl- 
edged the  Instrument,  by  him  subscribed,  to  be  his  free 
act  and  deed.     Before 

John  Pickering,  Just.  Pads. 

Essex  ss. 

The  foregoing  Deed  of  Samuel  Phillips,  Esq.,  and  John 
Phillips,  Esq.,  founding  and  instituting  the  Academy  at 
Andover,  and  this  Deed  of  release  of  Samuel  Phillips, 
Esq.,  son  of  Samuel  first  named,  were  received  in  the 
Registry  of  Deeds,  July  13,  1793,  and  are  recorded  Book 
156,  leaves  192,  193,  194,  and  1 95,  and  examined  by 

John  Pickering,  RegW. 


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17y§— April  2§. 

ORGANIZATION  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

Andover,  April  28,  1778. 
At  the  first  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  the  School  or 
Academy  founded   in   Andover,   at  the  dwelling   house, 
where  Mr,  Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r,  now  resides,  on  the  day 
above  written ;  present  — 

The  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips, 
"         "      John  Phillips, 

William  Phillips,  Esq. 
Oliver  Wendell, 
John  Lowell,  Esq. 

The  Rev.  William  Symmes, 
Elias  Smith, 
Jonathan  French, 

Messrs.       Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r, 
Eliphalet  Pearson, 
Nehemiah  Abbot. 

The  Constitution  being  read,  then  proceeded  to  the 
choice  of  the  following  officers  :  — 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  French,   Clerk, 
The  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips,  Esq.,  President, 
Mr.  Nehemiah  Abbot,   Treasurer. 

The  Founders  appointed  Mr.  Eliphalet  Pearson  the 
first  Instructor. 

Voted,  that  the  Seminary  be  called  Phillips  School. 
The  title  of  Preceptor  was  given  to  the  principal  Instruc- 
tor. 

Academy  Kecords,  page  27. 


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17?'§  — Oct.  7. 
QUARTERLY  BILLS  FOR  TUITION  AND  INCIDENTALS. 

Voted,  that  each  Scholar  belonging  to  the  School,  shall 
pay  quarterly  an  equal  proportion  of  the  charge  that  has 
for  the  last  quarter  arisen,  or  shall  arise,  for  the  support  of 
an  Assistant,  purchasing  fire-wood,  and  other  incidental 
occasions ;  which  proportion  shall  be  previously  settled  by 
a  Committee  to  be  chosen  for  this  purpose.  Mr.  Phillips, 
Mr.  Abbot,  and  Mr.  Pearson  were  chosen  a  Committee 
for  the  purpose. 

Academy  Records,  page  30. 


iy'y§— Oct.  §. 

COItlMITTEE  APPOINTED  TO  APPLY  FOR  AN  ACT  OF 
INCORPORATION. 

Voted,  that  the  Hon.  William  Phillips,  Oliver  Wendell, 
Esq.,  John  Lowell,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  and  Mr.  Samuel  Phil- 
lips, of  Andover,  be  a  Committee,  in  the  name  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  Phillips  School  in  said  Andover,  to  make  applica- 
tion to  the  General  Court  for  an  Act  of  Incorporation. 

Academy  Records,  page  31. 


115^9  — April  20. 

NAME  CHANGED  TO  PHILLIPS  ACADEMY. 

Voted,  that  the  Committee  appointed  to  apply  to  the 
General  Court  for  an  Act  of  Incorporation,  as  they  had 
not  completed  that  business,  be  continued. 

Voted,  that  the  same  Committee  be  empowered  to 
change  the  name  of  the  Seminary  from  Phillips  School^  to 
that  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  the  title  of  the  Principal 
Instructor  from  Preceptor  to  Rector ;  provided  it  may  be 
done  without  giving  offence. 


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Also  Voted,  that  if  an  Act  of  Incorporation  should  be 
obtained,  and  there  may  be  liberty  for  it,  that  it  may  be 
inserted,  that  the  number  of  the  Trustees  shall  not  exceed 
thirteen,  nor  be  less  than  eleven. 

Academy  Records,  page  33. 


1779  — April  21. 

DONATION  BY  HON.  J.  PHILLIPS,  WM.  PHILLIPS,  AND 
S.   PHILLIPS. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  be  given  to  the 
Hon.  Samuel  Phillips,  John  Phillips,  and  Wm.  Phillips, 
Esqrs.,  for  their  generous  donation  of  eighty  pounds  for 
the  discharge  of  Mr.  Pearson's  salary  for  the  past  year. 

Academy  Records,  page  36. 


iy§0  — April  18. 

ASSESSMENT  ON   THE  SCHOLAES. 

Whereas  by  the  state  of  the  currency  and  the  enlarged 
plan  of  the  Institution,  the  funds  appropriated  to  the  sup- 
port of  the  School  are  rendered  insufficient  for  that  pur- 
pose, therefore. 

Voted,  that  an  assessment  be  levied  on  the  Scholars 
for  that  part  of  the  support  of  the  Preceptor  and  Assist- 
ant, which  the  funds  will  not  afford ;  and  the  same  dimin- 
ish, as  the  funds  increase  ;  and  cease,  when  they  may  be 
sufficient  for  that  purpose,  and  the  other  purposes  of  the 
Institution. 

Academy  Records,  pages  36,  37,  and  57. 

The  amount  thus  assessed  was  at  first  about  two  and 
a  half  dollars  hard  money  per  quarter. 

Academy  Records,  page  37. 


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1780— April  19. 

DONATION  BY  MR.  HOOPER. 

Voted,  that  Mr.  Lowell,  Mr.  Wendell,  and  Mr.  Phillips, 
Jun'r,  be  a  Committee  to  write  a  Letter  of  Thanks  to 
Mr.  Hooper,  for  the  donation  of  a  Bell  for  the  use  of  the 
School. 

Academy  Records,  page  38. 


1780  — April  20. 

DONATION  BY  HON.  JOHN  PHILLIPS. 

The  Hon.  John  E^hillips,  of  Exeteii,  presented  a  dona- 
tion to  the  School  of  thirty-two  pounds,  to  discharge  the 
Treasurer's  account,  which  amounted  to  that  sum. 

Academy  Eecords,  page  40. 


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1780  — Oct.  4. 


STATE  OF  MASSACHUSETTS  BAY  — AN  ACT   TO  INCOR- 
PORATE AN  ACADEMY  IN  THE  TOWN  OF  ANDOVER, 
BY  THE  NAME  OF  PHILLIPS  ACADEMY. 

Preamble. 

Whereas  the  education  of  youth  has  ever  been  consid- 
ered by  the  wise  and  good,  as  an  object  of  the  highest 
consequence  to  the  safety  and  happiness  of  a  people  ;  as 
at  that  period  the  mind  easily  receives  and  retains  impres- 
sions, is  formed  with  peculiar  advantage  to  piety  and  vir- 
tue, and  directed  to  the  pursuit  of  the  most  useful  knowl- 
edge :  and,  whereas  the  Honorable  Samuel  Phillips,  of 
Andover,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  Esq.,  and  the  Honor- 
able John  Phillips,  of  Exeter,  in  the  County  of  Rocking- 
ham, and  State  of  New  Hampshire,  Esq.,  on  the  first  day 
of  April,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  seventy-eight,  by  a  legal  Instrument  of  that 
date,  gave,  granted,  and  assigned  to  the  Honorable  Wil- 
liam Phillips,  Esquire,  and  others,  therein  named,  and  to 
their  heirs,  divers  lots  and  parcels  of  land,  in  said  Instru- 
ment described,  as  well  as  certain  other  estate,  to  the  use 
and  upon  the  trust  following,  viz. :  —  tli^t  the  rents,  prof- 
its, and  interest  thereof,  be  forever  laid  out  and  expended 
by  the  Trustees  in  the  said  Instrument  named,  for  the 
support  of  a  Public  Free  School  or  Academy,  in  the  town 
of  Andover:  —  and,  whereas  the  execution  of  the  generous 
and  important  design  of  the  grantors  aforesaid,  will  be 
attended  with  very  great  embarrassments,  unless  by  an 
act  of  incorporation,  the  Trustees,  mentioned  in  the  said 
Instrument,  and  their  successors,  shall  be  authorized  to 
commence  and  prosecute  actions  at  law,  and  transact 
such  other  matters  in  their  corporate  capacity,  as  the  in- 
terest of  the  said  Academy  shall  require :  — 

5 


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Academy  Established. 

I.  Be  it  therefore  enacted  by  the  Council  and  House  of 
Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the 
authority  of  the  same ;  that  there  be  and  hereby  is  estab- 
lished in  the  Town  of  Andover,  and  County  of  Essex,  an 
Academy,  by  the  name  of  Phillips  Academy^  for  the  pur- 
pose of  promoting  true  piety  and  virtue,  and  for  the  edu- 
cation of  youth,  in  the  English,  Latin,  and  Greek  lan- 
guages, together  with  Writing,  Arithmetic,  Music,  and 
the  Art  of  Speaking;  also  practical  Geometry,  Logic,  and 
Geography,  and  such  other  of  the  liberal  Atts  and  Sci- 
ences, or  Languages,  as  opportunity  may  hereafter  per- 
mit, and  as  the  Trustees,  hereinafter  provided,  shall  di- 
rect. 

Trustees  Appointed  and  Incorporated. 

II.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that 
the  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Andover  aforesaid,  Esq.,  the 
Hon.  John  Phillips,  of  Exeter,  aforesaid,  Esq.,  the  Hon. 
William  Phillips  and  Oliver  Wendell,  Esqs.,  and  John 
Lowell,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  and 
State  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  the  Reverend  Josiah  Stearns, 
of  Epping,  in  the  County  of  Rockingham  aforesaid,  the 
Reverend  William  Symmes,  of  said  Andover,  the  Rever- 
end EUas  Smith,  «f  Middleton,  in  the  said  County  of  Es- 
sex, the  Reverend  Jonathan  French,  Samuel  Phillips, 
Jun'r,  Esq.,  Mr.  Eliphalet  Pearson,  gentleman,  and  Mr. 
Nehemiah  Abbot,  yeoman,  all  of  Andover  aforesaid,  be, 
and  they  hereby  are  nominated  and  appointed  Trustees  of 
said  Academy ;  and  they  are  hereby  incorporated  into  a 
body  politic,  by  the  name  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy ;  and  that  they,  and  their  successors,  shall  be  and 
continue  a  body  politic  and  corporate,  by  the  same  name 
forever. 

Lands  Confirmed  to  the  Trustees. 

IH.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 


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said,  that  all  the  lands  and  monies,  which,  by  a  legal  In- 
strument, bearing  date  the  first  day  of  April,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight,  were  given,  granted,  and  assigned,  by  the  afore- 
mentioned Samuel  Phillips,  and  John  Phillips,  unto  the 
said  William  Phillips,  Oliver  Wendell,  John  Lowell,  Jo- 
siah  Stearns,  William  Symmes,  Elias  Smith,  Jonathan 
French,  Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r,  Eliphalet  Pearson,  and 
Nehemiah  Abbot,  and  to  their  heirs,  be,  and  they  hereby 
are  confirmed  to  the  said  William  Phillips  and  others,  last 
named,  and  to  their  successors,  as  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  forever,  for  the  uses  and  purposes,  and  upon  the 
Trust,  which  in  said  Instrument  are  expressed :  and  the 
Trustees  aforesaid,  their  successors,  and  the  officers  of  the 
said  Academy,  are  hereby  required  in  conducting  the  con- 
cerns thereof,  and  in  all  matters  relating  thereto,  to  regu- 
late themselves  conformably  to  the  true  design  and  inten- 
tion of  the  said  grantors,  as  expressed  in  their  instrument 
above  mentioned. 

Trustees  to  have  one  common  Seal.  —  May  Sue  and  be  Sued. 

IV.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, that  the  said  Trustees  and  their  successors,  shall 
have  one  common  Seal,  which  they  may  make  use  of  in 
any  cause  or  business,  that  relates  to  the  said  office  of 
Trustees  of  the  said  Academy ;  and  they  shall  have  power 
and  authority  to  break,  change,  and  renew  the  said  Seal, 
from  time  to  time,  as  they  shall  see  fit ;  and  that  they  may 
Sue  and  be  Sued  in  all  actions  real,  personal,  and  mixed, 
and  prosecute  and  defend  the  same  unto  final  judgment 
and  execution,  by  the  name  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Empowered  to  Elect  their  Officers,  and  Ordain  Rules,  etc. 

V.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, that  the  said  Samuel  Phillips  and  others,  the  Trus- 
tees aforesaid,  and  their  successors,  the  longest  livers  and 


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survivors  of  them,  be  the  true  and  sole  Visitors,  Trustees, 
and  Governors  of  the  said  Phillips  Academy,  in  perpetual 
succession  forever ;  to  be  continued  in  the  way  and  man- 
ner hereafter  specified,  with  full  power  and  authority  to 
elect  such  officers  of  the  said  Academy,  as  to  them,  the 
said  Trustees,  Governors,  and  Visitors  aforesaid,  and 
their  successors,  shall  from  time  to  time,  according  to  the 
various  occasions  and  circumstances  seem  most  fit  and 
requisite;  all  which  shall  be  observed  by  the  officers,  schol- 
ars, and  servants  of  the  said  Academy,  upon  the  penalties 
therein  contained :  provided  notwithstanding,  that  the 
said  rules,  laws,  and  orders  be  no  ways  contrary  to  the 
laws  of  this  State. 

Number  of  Trustees  not  to  exceed  thirteen. 

VI.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, that  the  number  of  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  and  their 
successors,  shall  not  at  any  one  time  be  more  than  thir- 
teen nor  less  than  seven ;  seven  of  whom  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  transacting  business,  and  the  major  part  of 
the  members  present  at  any  legal  meeting,  shall  decide  all 
questions  that  shall  come  before  them,  except  in  the  in- 
stances hereinafter  excepted : 

The  principal  Instructor  to  be  one. 

That  the  principal  Instructor  for  the  time  being,  shall 
ever  be  one  of  them ;  that  a  major  part  shall  be  laymen 
and  respectable  freeholders ;  also,  that  a  major  part  shall 
consist  of  men  who  are  not  inhabitants  of  the  town  where 
the  Seminary  is  situate.  And  to  perpetuate  the  succes- 
sion of  said  Trustees. 

Vacancies  of  Trustees,  how  supplied. 

VII.  Be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  aforesaid,  that 
as  often  as  one  or  more  of  the  Trustees  of  said  Phillips 
Academy  shall  die  or  resign,  or  in  the  judgment  of  a  ma- 
jor part  of  the  other  Trustees,  be  rendered  by  age  or  other- 
wise incapable    of  discharging  the  duties  of  his  office, 


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then,  and  so  often,  the  Trustees  then  surviving  and  re- 
maining, or  the  major  part  of  them,  shall  elect  one  or  more 
persons  to  supply  the  vacancy  or  vacancies. 

The  Trustees  to  be  deemed  capable  in  the  law  to  take  and  receive  by 
gift,  grant,  etc. 

VIIL  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, that  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  and  their  successors,  be 
and  they  hereby  are  rendered  capable  in  law  to  take  and 
receive  by  gift,  grant,  devise,  bequest  or  otherwise,  any 
lands,  tenements,  or  other  estate,  real  and  personal ;  pro- 
vided that  the  annual  income  of  the  said  real  estate  sliall 
not  exceed  the  sum  of  five  hundred  pounds,  and  the  an- 
nual income  of  the  said  personal  estate  shall  not  exceed 
the  sum  of  two  thousand  pounds,  both  sums  to  be  valued 
in  silver  at  the  rate  of  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  by  the 
ounce ;  to  have  and  to  hold  the  same  to  them,  the  said 
Trustees  and  their  successors,  on  such  terms  and  under 
such  provisions  and  limitations,  as  may  be  expressed  in 
any  deed  or  instrument  of  conveyance  to  them  made ; 
provided  always,  that  neither  the  said  Trustees,  nor  their 
successors,  shall  ever  hereafter  receive  any  grant  or  dona- 
tion, the  condition  whereof  shall  require  them  or  any  oth- 
ers concerned,  to  act  in  any  respect  counter  to  the  design 
of  the  first  grantors,  or  of  any  prior  donation.  And  all 
deeds  and  instruments,  which  the  said  Trustees  may  law- 
fully make,  shall,  when  made  in  the  name  of  the  said 
Trustees,  and  signed  and  delivered  by  their  Treasurer,  and 
sealed  with  the  common  seal,  bind  the  said  Trustees  and 
their  successors,  and  be  valid  in  law. 

Two  thirds  of  said  Trustees  empowered  to  remove  the  Seminary. 

IX.  And  be  it  further  enacted  by  the  authority  afore- 
said, that  if  it  shall  hereafter  be  judged  upon  mature  and 
impartial  consideration  of  all  circumstances,  by  two  thirds 
of  all  the  Trustees,  that  for  good  and  substantial  reasons, 
which  at  this  time  do  not  exist,  the  true  design  of  this 
Institution  will  be  better  promoted  by  removing  the  Sem- 


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inary  from  the  place  where  it  is  founded,  in  that  case  it 
shall  be  in  the  power  of  the  said  Trustees,  to  remove  it 
accordingly,  and  to  establish  it  in  such  place  within  this 
State  as  they  shall  judge  to  be  best  calculated  for  carry- 
ing into  effectual  execution  the  intention  of  the  Found- 
ers.* 

In  the  House  of  Representatives,  Oct.  4th,  1780. 
This  Bill  having  been  read  several  times,  passed  to  be 
enacted. 

JOHN  HANCOCK,  Speaker. 

In  Council,  Oct.  4,  1780. 

This  Bill  having  had  two  several  readings,  passed  to 
be  enacted. 

JOHN  AVERY,  D.  Secretary. 

We  consent  to  the  enacting  of  this  Bill. 

S.  CusHiNG,  T.  Danielson,         Samuel  Niles, 

J.  Fisher,  Benj.   Austin,         A.  Fuller, 

Moses   Gill,         N.   Gushing,  Jno.  Pitts. 

H.  Gardner,         Wm.  Whiting,       Stephen  Choate. 

The  above  subscription,  and  also  the  caption  to  the  Act 
Incorporating  the  Academy,  is  copied  from  the  original 
document  on  file  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  in 
Boston.  The  Preamble  there,  stands  in  the  hand  writing 
of  Lieut.  Gov'r  Samuel  Phillips,  and  also  the  first  enacting 
clause  in  part.  The  remainder  of  the  manuscript  is  part- 
ly in  his  hand,  and  partly  in  that  of  two  others. 

This  was  the  Last  Act  of  the  "  Great  and  General 
Court,"  before  the  New  State  Government  was  organ- 
ized. 

*  Academy  Eecords,  pages  21-26. 


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17§1  — Aug.  16. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acade- 
my, Aug.  16,  1781,  the  Constitution  and  Act  of  Incorpo- 
ration being  read,  the  Trustees  proceeded  to  act  accord- 
ing to  the  powers  therein  granted  them,  and  chose  the 
following  officers,  viz. : 

The  Rev.  Jon  a.  French,   Clerk, 
"      Hon.  Sam'l  Phillips,  Esq.,  Pres. 
Mr.     Nehemiah   Abbot,  Treas. 
Academy  llecords,  page  41. 


1781  — Aug.  17. 

DEPOSIT  MONEY   REQUIRED. 

Voted,  that  no  person  be  hereafter  admitted  into  the 
Academy  without  paying  eighteen  shillings  advance 
money,  for  which  every  such  scholar  shall  have  credit  in 
the  last  term  of  his  continuance  at  the  Academy ;  and  if 
the  dues  of  said  term  do  not  amount  to  that  sum,  they 
shall  then  receive  the  overplus. 

Academy  Records,  page  44. 

This  usage  was  continued  and  the  amount  of  the  de- 
posit increased  from  time  to  time,  until  1815,  when  it 
ceased :  —  the  money  in  all  cases  being  repaid,  except  a 
small  balance  not  called  for,  which  was  applied  towards 
paying  for  the  New  Academy. 

Academy  Ledger,  pages  22,  36,  and  Journal,  passim. 


17§2  — May22. 

SEAL  OF  THE  CORPORATION. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  be  given  to  the 
Hon.  Oliver  Wendell,  and  John  Lowell,  Esq.,  for  the  do- 
nation of  a  Seal  for  the  Academy. 

Academy  Records,  page  50. 


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iy§3  — JuIyV,  et.  seq. 

DONATIONS  BY  SAM'L,  JNO.,  AND  WM.  PHILLIPS,  EsQS. 

Received  of  them,  they  having  given  the  same  to  the 
Trustees  in  equal  parts  as  per  deed ; 

Cost  of  New  Academy  and  Land  south  of  the  same, 
£950.  =  $2,166,66. 

Academy  Records,  page  40,  45,  53,  55,  60.  —  Journal,  p.  6.  —  Ledger,  p.  7. 

This  building  stood  in  the  south-western  part  of  the 
present  Seminary  Lawn,  opposite  the  Abbot  Professor's 
House,  and  was  burnt,  with  most  of  its  contents,  on  the 
night  of  January  30,  1818. 

Academy  Records,  page  344. 

The  Land  included  in  this  donation  is  the  present 
Common,  "  The  Old  Training-Field,"  in  front  of  the  Man- 
sion House. 


iy§9  — Oct.  16. 

DONATION  BY  HON.  JOHN  PHILLIPS. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acade- 
my, at  the  house  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r,  Esq., 
July  12,  1790  — 

Voted,  that  the  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips,  Jun'r,  Rev.  Mr. 
Tappan,  and  Mr.  Pearson,  be  a  Committee  to  draft  a 
vote  of  thanks  to  the  Hon.  John  Phillips,  Esq.,  for  his 
very  generous  donation  to  the  Academy. 

At  the  same  meeting,  the  Committee  appointed  to  pre- 
pare a  vote  of  thanks  to  the  Hon.  John  Phillips  for  his 
donation,  reported  the  following :  — 

The  Board  having  been  made  acquainted  by  a  legal  in- 
strument bearing  date  the  ]6th  day  of  Oct'r,  1789,  this 
day  communicated,  that  the  Hon.  John  Phillips,  Esq.,  of 
Exeter,  one  of  the  Founders  of  this  Academy,  for,  and  in 
consideration  of  farther  promoting  the  virtuous  and  pious 


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education  of  youth  (poor  children  of  genius,  and  of  serious 
disposition  especially),  in  Phillips  Academy,  founded  in 
Andover,  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  has  given,  and 
granted  to  the  Trustees  of  said  Academy  and  their  suc- 
cessors, or  their  order,  certain  notes  of  hand  therein  de- 
scribed, to  a  very  large  amount,  under  certain  reservations 
therein  mentioned. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  presented  to  the 
Hon.  John  Phillips,  Esq.,  for  his  before-cited  pious  and 
liberal  donation,  whereby  he  has  still  further  manifested 
his  generous  and  ardent  zeal  for  the  promotion  of  knowl- 
edge, virtue,  and  piety,  and  conferred  an  additional  and 
lasting  obligation  upon  the  Academy.  Upon  this  occa- 
sion, the  Trustees  cannot  but  add  their  fervent  wish  and 
prayer,  that  the  Donor,  the  distinguished /new^Z  and  patron 
of  science  and  religion,  may  live  to  behold,  with  increas- 
ing joy  and  satisfaction,  the  happy  fruits  of  this,  and  of  all 
his  other  pious  liberalities  ;  and  at  a  very  remote  period, 
his  numerous  acts  of  benevolence  may  receive  that  re- 
ward, which  original  and  infinite  goodness  can  bestow. 

The  above  report  was  accepted,  and  the  Clerk  directed 
to  communicate  the  same. 

Academy  Records,  pages  77,  78. 

This  donation  amounted  to  X 7,189,  9s.  5^d. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  4. 

Respecting  the  use  and  appropriation  of  income  from 
this  donation,  see  Report  of  Committee. 

Academy  Records,  pages  122,  123. 


r  1794  — July  7, 

DONATION  BY  HON.  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

The  Hon.  William  Phillips,  Esq.,  having  legally  trans- 
ferred to  the  Trustees  of  the  Academy,  ten  shares  in  An- 
dover Bridge,  "  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  education  of 

6 


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Youths  of  serious  and  promising  capacities,  who  need  pe- 
cuniary aid  "  — : 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  presented  to  the 
Hon.  William  Phillips,  Esq.,  for  his  generous  and  pious 
donation,  calculated  to  promote  knowledge,  virtue,  and 
piety,  and  diffuse  their  benefits  to  those,  who,  without 
such  aids,  might  remain  ignorant,  and  of  course  exposed 
to  irreligion  and  vice. 

Voted,  that  the  Clerk  be  directed  to  inclose  a  copy  of 
the  above  vote  to  the  Hon.  William  Phillips,  Esq. 

Academy  Records,  page  94. 

This  donation  amounted  to  £190. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  6. 


1^95  — April  2§.  * 

LEGACY  OP  HON.  JOHN  PHILLIPS.  — EXTRACT  FROM 
HIS  WILL. 

"  And  my  will  is,  that  two  thirds  of  the  residue  of  my 
estate  shall  be  improved  by  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Exe- 
ter Academy,  and  one  third  thereof  by  the  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  to  whom  the  respective 
proportions  are  by  me  given  and  granted,  and  to  their 
successors,  for  the  benefit  more  especially  of  Charity 
Scholars,  such  as  may  be  of  excelling  genius  and  of  good 
moral  character,  preferring  the  hopefully  pious.;  and  such 
of  these,  who  are  designed  to  be  employed  in  the  great 
and  good  work  of  the  gospel  ministry,  having  acquired  the 
most  useful  human  literature,  in  either  of  these  Acade- 
mies or  other  seminaries,  may  be  assisted  in  the  study  of 
Divinity,  (if  a  Theological  Professor  is  not  employed  in 
either  of  the  two  forementioned  Academies),  under  the 
direction  of  some  eminent  Calvinistic  minister  of  the  gos- 
pel, until  such  time  as  an  able,  pious,  and  orthodox  In- 
structor shall,  at  least  in  part,  be  supported  in  one  or  both 
these  Academies,  as  a  Professor  of  Divinity,  by  whom 


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they  may  be  taught  the  important  principles  and  distin- 
guishing tenets  of  our  holy  Christian  Religion." 

Academy  Records,  page  171. 

This  Legacy  amounted  to  £1,419,  ISs.  4d. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  5 ;  — 

and  this    sum  was    afterwards  consolidated  with  the 
donation  into  one  fund. 


I'y95— Attsg-.  15. 

DONATION  BY  JOHN  FOXCROFT,  ESQ. 

Deed  on  file,  No.  18. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I,  John  Foxcroft, 
of  Cambridge,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  and  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  Esq.,  in  consideration  of  twen- 
eight  pounds,  ten  shillings  and  two  pence,  lawful  money, 
paid  by  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  which  is  found- 
ed in  Andover,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Common- 
wealth aforesaid ;  the  receipt  whereof  I  hereby  acknowl- 
edge, do  (for  promoting  the  purposes  for  which  said  Acad- 
my  was  instituted),  hereby  remise,  release,  and  forever 
quit-claim  to  them,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
aforesaid,  and  to  their  successors  in  that  ofiice  forever, 
Five  Lots  of  Land  in  Paris,  County  of  Cumberland,  and 
Commonwealth  aforesaid,  viz. :  Lot  No.  Six,  in  the  First 
Range,  No.  Fourteen  in  the  Eighth  Range,  No.  Fourteen, 
Fifteen,  and  Sixteen  in  the  Ninth  Range,  each  of  said 
Lots  containing  one  hundred  acres,  be  the  same  more  or 
less,  with  the  privileges  to  the  same  belonging. 

To  have,  and  to  hold  the  same  to  them,  the  said  Trus- 
trees  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  to  their  successors  forever. 
And  I  do  covenant  with  the  said  Trustees  and  their  suc- 
cessors, to  warrant  and  defend  the  said  premises  against 
the  lawful  claims  and  demands  of  all  persons  claiming 
from,  by,  or  under  me. 


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In  witness  whereof,  I,  the  said  John  Foxcroft,  with 
Sarah,  my  wife,  in  token  of  her  relinquishing  her  right  of 
dower  and  power  of  thirds  in  the  premises,  have  hereunto 
set  our  hands  and  seals,  this  fifteenth  day  of  August, 
Anno  Domini,  one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  ninety- 
five. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  dellTered,  JoHN    FoXCROFT,       L.S. 

m  presence  of  ' 

Abr'm  Bigelow, 

Joel  Robinson.  Sarah  Foxcroft,  l.s. 

Middlesex,  ss. 

Cambridge^  Avg:  15,  1795. 
John  Foxcroft  and  Mary  Foxcroft,  within  named,  per- 
sonally acknowledged   the   within   instrument,  by  them 
subscribed,  to  be  their  voluntary  deed. 

Before  me,  Abr'm  Bigelow,  Just.  Pads. 

Cumberland,  ss. 

Received  November  11th,  1805,  and  recorded  with  the 
Records  of  Deeds  for  said  County,  Libro  47,  Folio  368 
and  369. 

Att.  Elias  Merrill,  Reg. 


1795  — Sept.  14. 

VOTE  OF  THANKS  ON  THE  ABOVE  DONATION. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  given  to  John 
Foxcroft,  Esq.,  for  his  donation  of  Land  to  the  Academy, 
communicated  by  Judge  Phillips. 

Academy  Records,  page  106, 

This  donation  amounted  to  £213. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  8. 


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1797  — Teb.  27, 

GRANT  BY  THE  GENERAL  COURT  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

In  accordance  with  an  application  by  a  comraitte  of  the 
Trustees. 

Academy  Records,  page  93. 

XLV.  Resolve  granting  Half  a  Township  to  certain 
Academies,  to  be  laid  out  under  the  direction  of  the  Com- 
mittee for  the  sale  of  Eastern  Lands. 

H'97— Feb.  27. 

Resolved,  that  in  pursuance  of  a  report  of  a  Joint  Com- 
mittee which  has  been  accepted  by  both  branches  of  the 
Legislature,  there  be,  and  hereby  is  granted  to  the  Trus- 
tees of  Dummer  Academy,  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  to  the  Trustees  of  Groton  Academy,  and  to  the 
Trustees  of  Westford  Academy  respectively,  and  to  their 
respective  successors,  one  Half  Township  of  six  miles 
square,  for  each  of  their  Academies,  to  be  laid  out  or 
assigned  by  the  Committee  for  the  sale  of  Eastern  Lands, 
in  some  of  the  unappropriated  lands  in  the  District  of 
Maine,  belonging  to  this  Commonwealth,  excepting  all 
lands  within  six  miles  of  Penobscot  River,  with  the  reser- 
vations and  conditions  of  settlement  which  have  usually 
been  made  in  cases  of  similar  grants ;  which  tracts  the 
said  Trustees,  respectively,  are  hereby  empowered  to  use, 
sell,  or  dispose  of,  as  they  may  think  most  for  the  benefit 
of  their  respective  Institutions. 

Samuel  Adams,  Governor, 

Samuel  Phillips,  Pres.  of  the  Senate. 

Edward  H.  Robbins,  Speaker, 

John  Avery,  Secretary. 


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"  Lands  in  the  District  of  Maine  Dr.  to  General  Court's 
grant,  for  Half  a  Township  of  Land  granted  to  the  Acad- 
emy, and  to  be  laid  out  in  the  unappropriated  lands  in  that 
District,  as  appears  on  the  Records  of  the  General  Court, 
estimated,  £550=  ^1,833,33." 

Academy  Journal,  page  11. 


1^97  — May  15. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Exigences,  at  the 
house  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips, 

Voted,  tliat  the  Hon.  Mr.  Phillips  employ  a  suitable 
person  to  look  out  Half  a  Township  of  Land  in  the  Dis- 
trict of  Maine,  which  has  been  granted  by  the  General 
Court  to  Phillips  Academy,  and  give  him  such  instruc- 
tions as  he  shall  judge  proper. 

Voted,  that  the  Hon.  Mr.  Phillips  be  requested,  in  be- 
half of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  to  make  applica- 
tion to  the  Committee  for  the  sale  of  Eastern  Lands,  for  an 
assignment  of  Half  a  Township  of  Land  to  the  said  Acad- 
emy, conformably  to  a  late  grant  of  the  General  Court. 

Academy  Records,  page  116. 

Pursuant  to  said  Resolve,  the  Committee  of  the  Gen- 
eral Court  on  Eastern  Lands,  by  deed  dated  March  19, 
1800,  conveyed  to  the  Trustees  a  tract  of  land  in  the 
County  of  Cumberland,  being  part  of  Township  Number 
Four,  subject  to  the  following  conditions:  —  that  the  said 
Grantees  or  their  assigns,  shall  lay  out  and  convey  to  each 
settler,  who  settled  on  said  tract  before  the  first  day  of 
January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  eighty-four,  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  to  be 
laid  out  so  as  best  to  include  his  improvements,  and  be 
least  injurious  to  the  adjoining  lands;  and  that  they  shall 
settle  in  said  tract  ten  families  in  six  years,  including 
those  now  settled  thereon ;  and  that  they  shall  lay  out  three 
lots  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  each  for  the  following 


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uses,  viz, :  —  one  Lot  for  the  use  of  the  Ministry,  one  for 
the  first  settled  Minister,  his  heirs  and  assigns,  and  one 
Lot  for  the  use  of  Schools  in  the  said  Tract  hereby  con- 
veyed. 


1^99  — Uec.  2'?. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, 

Voted,  that  one  Lot  in  said  Half  Tov/nship,  containing 
one  hundred  acres,  be  reserved  and  appropriated  by  the 
Committee  aforesaid  last  named,  for  the  use  of  the  Min- 
istry ;  one  other  Lot  containing  one  hundred  acres,  for  the 
use  of  the  first  settled  Minister,  in  said  half  township,  and 
one  farther  Lot,  containing  one  hundred  acres  for  the  sup- 
port of  a  School  or  Schools  within  the  premises,  to  be 
located  as  said  Committee  shall  deem  best. 

Academy  llecords,  pages  131,  132. 


1§©1  — Bee.  12. 

LIEUT.  GOVERNOR  PHILLIPS'S  FIRST  DONATION. 

Wishing  to  contribute  to  the  promotion  of  Christian 
Knowledge  and  Piety,  a  part  of  the  substance  wherewith 
God  has  blessed  me,  and  out  of  respect  and  affection  to 
my  native  town  —  I,  Samuel  Phillips,  of  Andover,  in  the 
County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
Esquire,  do  make  the  following  donation,  for  the  purposes 
hereinafter  mentioned,  and  I  do  hereby  direct  my  heirs, 
executors,  and  administrators,  within  one  year  after  my 
decease,  to  pay  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in 
Andover,  or  their  successors  in  office,  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  in  trust  for  the  purposes  hereinafter 
mentioned,  to  the  payment  of  which,  well  and  truly  to  be 
made,  I  bind  my  heirs,  executors  and  administrators,  firm- 


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ly  by  these  presents ;  the  said  sum  to  be  by  the  Trustees 
aforesaid,  and  their  successors,  always  kept  out  at  interest 
upon  good  security,  and  the  interest  thence  arising  to  be 
disposed  of  in  the  manner  following,  viz.:  —  one-sixth 
part  to  be  annually  added  to  the  principal  sum  forever; 
and  the  other  five-sixth  parts  to  be  laid  out  in  the  pur- 
chase of  the  following  books,  viz. :  Dr.  Doddridge's  Ad- 
dress to  the  Master  of  a  Family  on  Family  Religion,  his 
Sermons  on  the  Religious  Education  of  Children,  the 
Westminster  Assembly's  Shorter  Catechism,  Dr.  Watts's 
Divine  Songs,  Dr.  Hemmenway's  Discourse  to  Children ; 
and  when  the  income  shall  permit,  Dr.  Doddridge's  Rise 
and  Progress  of  Religion  in  the  Soul,  and  other  like  pious 
writings,  to  be  by  the  said  Trustees  and  their  successors 
as  aforesaid,  or  by  a  committee  of  their  appointment,  dis- 
tributed among  the  inhabitants,  who  do  now,  or  may  here- 
after reside  within  the  present  boundaries  of  the  said  town 
of  Andover ;  that  is  to  say,  the  aforesaid  Address  to  the 
Master  of  a  Family,  on  Family  Religion,  to  be  given  to 
every  young  man  who  may  be  about  to  enter  into  a  family 
state,  and  to  such  others  being  already  heads  of  families,  as 
to  them  shall  seem  best ;  and  the  other  books  aforesaid,  to  be 
annually  distributed  in  such  manner  as  to  the  said  Trus- 
tees shall  appear  best  calculated  to  promote  the  pious  de- 
sign of  said  Treatises,  and  the  real  object  of  this  appropria- 
tion ;  and  in  the  said  distribution  it  is  desired,  that  the 
friendly  advice  and  assistance  of  the  Congregational  Min- 
isters within  the  limits  aforesaid  may  be  requested.  And 
whenever  in  the  progress  of  time,  the  income  of  said  fund 
shall,  in  the  judgment  of  the  said  Trustees  or  their  suc- 
cessors as  aforesaid,  be  more  than  sufficient  to  supply  the 
several  families  within  the  limits  aforesaid,  and  the  said 
families  shall  in  fact,  have  been  so  supplied,  the  surplus  of 
said  income  to  be  applied  at  the  discretion  of  the  said 
Trustees  and  their  successors  as  aforesaid,  to  the  use  of 
Phillips  Academy  aforesaid,  and  the  farther  promotion  of 
the  pious  designs  of  the  honorable  founders  thereof. 


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And  it  is  requested  that  the  aforesaid  sum,  when  paid, 
and  the  interest  thereon  from  time  to  time  received,  to- 
gether with  the  whole  disposition  and  distribution  of  the 
same,  be  fairly  entered  in  a  book  of  record,  for  this  pur- 
pose provided,  and  ever  open  to  the  inspection  and  peru- 
sal of  all  men. 

In  witness  of  all  which,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal,  this  twelfth  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one. 

Signed,  sealed,  and^Delivered 
iu  presence  of  j 

Francis  L.  Lee,  Samuel   Phillips,  (s.) 

Amos  Blanciiard,  Jun'r. 

Records,  Gov'r  Phillips's  Donation,  pages  2-4. 


1802  — Jan.  27. 

LIEUT.  GOV.  PHILLIPS'S  SECOND  DONATION. 

Being  desirous,  in  addition  to  an  appropriation  made 
in  an  instrument  bearing  date  December  twelfth,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  one,  of 
contributing  still  farther  of  the  substance  wherewith  God 
hath  blessed  me,  to  the  pious  education  of  young  children 
in  my  native  town ;  and  also  to  a  more  extensive  diffusion 
of  religious  knowledge  and  evangelical  piety  —  I,  Samuel 
Phillips,  of  Andover,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  Esquire,  do  now  make  an- 
other donation  for  the  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned; 
and  I  do  hereby  direct  my  heirs,  executors,  and  adminis- 
trators, within  one  year  after  my  decease,  to  pay  to  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  or  their  suc- 
cessors in  office,  the  sum  of  Four  Thousand  dollars  in 
money,  or  in  private  notes  of  hand,  with  such  securities  as 
the  said  Trustees  shall  fully  approve,  in  trust  for  the  pur- 
poses hereinafter  mentioned;  to  the  payment  of  which, 
well  and  truly  to  be  made,  I  bind  my  heirs,  executors,  and 
administrators,  firmly  by  these  presents ;  the  said  sum  to 

7 


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be  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid  and  their  successors,  always 
kept  out  at  interest  upon  good  security,  and  the  interest 
thence  arising  to  be  disposed  of  in  the  manner  following, 
to  wit :  one  sixth  part  to  be  ever  hereafter  annually  added 
to  the  principal  for  an  increasing  capital  sum  ;  and  the 
other  five-sixth  parts  of  the  interest  of  said  capital  sum  to 
be  laid  out  in  the  manner  following  —  that  is  to  say,  the 
five-sixth  parts  of  the  interest  arising  from  one  fourth  part 
of  the  aforesaid  capital  sum  to  be  appropriated  and  ap- 
plied according  to  the  best  judgment  of  the  said  Trustees, 
partly  for  rendering  those  Females  who  may  be  employ- 
ed as  Instructors  in  the  several  District  Schools,  within 
the  aforesaid  town   of  Andover,  better  qualified  for  the 
discharge  of  their  delicate  and  important  trust;  and  partly 
for  extending  the  term  of  their  instructions  in  such  Dis- 
tricts within  the  said  Town,  as,  notwithstanding  the  pro- 
vision therefor  annually  made  by  said  Town,  may  stand 
in  most  need  of  additional  aid  ;  provided  always,  that  this 
additional  aid  shall  in  no  one  year  be  given  to  more  than 
one  third  part  of  the  whole  number  of  Districts  within 
the  present  boundaries  of  the  aforesaid  Town  of  Andover. 
And  the  five-sixth  parts  of  the  interest  arising  from  the  other 
three  fourth-parts  of  the  aforesaid  capital  sum,  to  be  ap- 
propriated and  applied  in  the  following  manner,  to  wit: 
for  procuring  the  following  books  —  namely,  Bibles,  Tes- 
taments, and  Psalters,  the  Westminster  Assembly's  Short- 
er Catechism,  Dr.  Watts's  Divine  Songs  for  Children,  Dr. 
Hemmenway's   Discourse   to    Children,    Dr.   Doddridge's 
Address  to  the  Master  of  a  Family,  on  Family  Religion, 
his  Sermons  on  the  Religious  Education  of  Children,  his 
Rise  and  Progress  of  Religion  in  the  Soul,  Law's  Serious 
Call  to   a  Devout  and   Holy  Life,  Mason's  Treatise  on 
Self-Knowledge,  Henry's  Discourse  concerning  Meekness, 
and  Orton's  Discourses  to  the  Aged,  together  with  other 
like  pious  books,  as  the  income  of  the  said  capital  sum, 
agreeably  to  the  aforementioned  apportionment  may  per- 
mit ;  to  be  distributed  by  the  said  Trustees  and  their  sue- 


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cessors,  or  by  a  committee  or  agents  of  their  appointment, 
among  poor  and  pious  Christians,  not  belonging  to  the 
aforesaid  Town,  to  whom  such  writings  may  be  peculiarly 
grateful,  and  also  among  the  inhabitants  of  new  towns 
and  plantations,  or  other  places,  where  the  means  of  reli- 
gious knowledge  and  instruction  are  but  sparingly  enjoy- 
ed, in  such  manner  as  the  said  Trustees  in  their  wisdom 
and  prudence  may  think  best  calculated  to  promote  the 
object  of  this  donation. 

And  to  enable  the  said  Trustees  and  their  successors  in 
office,  to  form  the  most  correct  opinion  of  the  proper 
objects  of  this  donation,  they  are  respectfully  desired  to 
request  the  necessary  information  of  pious  Ministers  of 
religion  in  different  parts  of  the  country.  It  is  also  re- 
quested, that  the  said  sum  first  above  mentioned,  when 
paid,  and  the  interest  thereon  from  time  to  time  received, 
together  with  the  whole  disposition  and  distribution  of  the 
same,  be  fairly  entered  in  a  book  of  record,  for  this  pur- 
pose provided,  and  ever  open  to  the  inspection  and  peru- 
sal of  all  men.  And  it  is  further  requested,  that  the  said 
Trustees  and  their  successors,  as  aforesaid,  in  all  future  time, 
may  ever  bear  in  mind,  that  the  principal  object  of  this 
donation,  is  the  preservation  of  the  essential  and  distin- 
guishing doctrines  of  the  (3rospel,  as  professed  by  our 
pious  ancestors,  the  first  settlers  of  New  England,  and  of 
such  writings  as  are  consentaneous  thereto ;  above  all,  it 
is  ardently  hoped  and  expected,  that  in  their  selection  of 
books  for  the  distribution  aforesaid,  all  possible  care  will  be 
taken  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  to  guard  against  the  dis- 
semination of  the  least  particle  of  Infidelity  or  Modern 
Philosophy;  and  also  against  the  dispersion  of  such  theo- 
logical treatises  or  speculations,  as  tend  to  undermine  the 
fundamental  principles  of  the  Gospel  plan  of  salvation,  or 
to  reduce  the  Christian  Religion  to  a  system  of  mere  mor- 
ality ;  without  which  guard  there  will  be  great  reason  to 
fear  that  the  object  of  this  donation  will  be  totally  frus- 
trated. 


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Confiding  liowever  in  the  wisdom  and  fidelity  of  the 
said  Trustees,  I  cheerfully  commit  the  execution  of  the 
design  of  this  donation,  as  herein  expressed,  to  their 
pious  care,  and  the  success  of  it  to  the  blessing  of 
Almighty  God,  whose  gracious  smiles  are  through  the 
Mediator  humbly  implored  on  it  and  them. 

In  witness  of  all  which,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal,  this  twenty-seventh  day  of  January,  in  the  year 
of  our  Lord,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  two. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delircred 
in  presence  of 

Samuel  Farrar,  Samuel  Phillips,  (l.s.) 

Amos  Blanciiard,  Jun. 

Eecords,  Gov'r  Phillips's  Donation,  pages  4-8. 

After  the  funeral  of  the  Lieut.  Governor,  Feb.  15, 1802, 
the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  being  together  at  his 
late  dwelling  house,  the  two  donations,  made  by  him,  one 
of  one  thousand  dollars  and  the  other  of  four  thousand 
dollars,  were  communicated  by  the  Clerk. 

Voted,  that  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  do  most 
cheerfully  accept  the  sacred  and  important  trust  commit- 
ted to  them  by  his  Honor,  the  late  worthy  and  pious 
Lieut.  Governor  Samuel  Phillips,  Esq.,  by  an  instrument 
bearing  date  the  12th  day  of  Dec'r,  1801,  and  also  by  an- 
other instrument  bearing  date  the  27th  day  of  Jan'y,  1802, 
this  day  communicated. 

Academy  Eecords,  page  139. 


1§03  — Aug.  23. 

DONATIONS  BY  DRS.  PEARSON,  MORSE,  AND  MADAM 
PHILLIPS  AND  SON. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  given  to  Dr. 
Pearson  and  Dr.  Morse,  for  the  Books  presented  by  them 
to  the  Academy,  and  to  Madam  Phillips  for  the  present 
of  an  excellent  and  elegant  Clock  for  the  use  of  the  Acad- 


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my,  and  also  for  green  Blinds  for  four  Windows  in  the 
Academy,  and  for  Painting  a  Room  and  Staircase  in  Mr. 
Newman's  house,  and  also  for  Paper,  Quills,  and  Wafers, 
for  the  use  of  the  Academy,  and  also  to  Capt.  Phillips, 
for  Painting  that  part  of  the  Academy,  that  has  been 
lately  altered  and  repaired. 

Academy  Records,  pages  167,  168. 


1804 —  Jan.  23. 

LEGACY  OF  HON.  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

Extract  from  the  Codicil  of  the  Honorable  William 
Phillips's  Will  proved  at  the  Probate  Office,  in  Boston, 
Jan'ry  23,  1804:— the  Will  being  dated  June  20,  1792, 
and  the  Codicil,  April  18,  1797. 

"  Thirdly,  I  give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
at  Andover,  Four  Thousand  dollars  in  trust,  for  the  same 
purposes  which  are  expressed  by  the  Honorable  John 
Phillips,  late  of  Exeter,  in  that  part  of  his  last  will  which 
devises  one  third  of  his  real  estate,  to  be  improved  by  said 
Trustees  for  charitable  uses,  therein  mentioned." 

True  extract  from  the  Registry  of  Probate,  for  the 
County  of  Sufiblk,  Lib.  102,  Fol.  34. 

Attest,  Perkins  Nichols,  Reg-^r. 

William  Phillips,  Esq.,  further  stated,  that  he  had,  in 
obedience  to  said  Will,  paid  over  the  said  sum  of  Four 
Thousand  dollars  into  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer,  who 
had,  agreeably  to  the  directions  of  the  Committee  of  In- 
vestment, invested  the  said  Legacy  in  six  per  cent,  stock. 
Whereupon, 

Voted,  that  the  said  payment  and  investment  is  satis- 
factory to  this  Board,  and  that  the  said  William  Phillips, 
Esq.,  in  his  said  capacity  of  executor  to  the  said  Hon. 
William  Phillips,  Esq.,  deceased,  be  discharged  in  virtue 
thereof,  in  full  from  the  said  Legacy. 

Academy  Records,  page  180. 


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1§04  — Aug.  22. 

'     DONATIONS  BY  MADAM  PHCEBE  PHILLIPS,  AND 
HON.  JOHN  PHILLIPS. 

Received  of  them  a  Trunk  and  Blank  Books  for  the 
use  of  the  Treasurer;  also,  Cash  $19,86. 

Academy  Eecords,  page  182. 


1805  — Aug.  20. 

DONATIONS   BY  SAMUEL  ABBOT,  ESQ.,  AND 
MADAM  PHCEBE  PHILLIPS. 

Received  of  them  a  set  Amer.   Edit.  Encyc.  Brit.  18 
vols. ;  also,  68  vols,  of  Books. 

Academy  Records,  page  194. 


l§Or  — Sept.  2. 

FIRST  DONATION  BY  SAMUEL  FARRAR,  ESQ. 

Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  having  stated  to  this  Board,  that 
there  is  due  to  him  from  Phillips  Academy,  the  sum  of 
Four  Hundred  and  Fifty  dollars,  being  his  salary  as 
Treasurer,  for  the  three  years  past:  and  having  requested 
the  Trustees  to  accept  the  same  as  a  Donation  from  him; 
to  put  the  same  out  at  interest,  and  to  add  the  interest 
annually  to  the  principal,  thereby  to  form  an  accumulat- 
ing fund  to  be  applied  (when  it  shall  have  increased  to 
such  an  amount  as  to  afford  a  sufficient  income),  to  such 
charitable  purposes,  consistent  with  the  design  of  this  In- 
stitution, as  he  may  hereafter  designate  ;  and  in  case  of 
his  decease  without  directing  the  object  to  which  the  same 


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shall  be  appropriated,  then  to  be  applied  to  the   general 
purposes  of  this  Institution  :  —  whereupon, 

Voted,  that  the  preceding  proposal  be  accepted  upon 
the  terms  above  specified. 

Academy  Kecortls,  page  217. 


1§©9  — Marcli  27. 
SECOND  DONATION  BY  SAMUEL   FARRAR,  ESQ. 

To  the  Ilonorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy. 
Gentlemen, 

Having  in  the  year  1807,  with  the  leave  of  your  Board, 
vested  in  the  Academy  Books  the  sum  of  $450,  being 
a  part  of  the  allowance  made  me  as  Treasurer,  to  be  kept 
on  interest,  and  the  income  to  be  applied  to  some  useful 
object  consistent  with  the  general  principles  of  the  Insti- 
tution, and  the  Board  having  allowed  me  the  right  of 
making  the  appropriation  :  —  I  would  hereby  propose,  that 
Twelve  Dollars  of  that  income  be  annually  expended  in 
Prizes  among  the  most  Meritorious  Pupils  of  the  Acade- 
my, agreeably  to  such  regulations  as  you  may  think  best 
adapted  to  increase  attention  to  the  Latin  and  Greek  lan- 
guages, and  to  Moral  and  Religious  instruction ;  and  that 
this  continue  so  long  as  it  shall  appear  to  be  the  most 
useful  appropriation  :  and  I  would  farther  request  that  the 
remainder  of  the  said  income,  together  with  the  income 
of  Five  Shares  in  the  Andover  Bridge,  and  One  Share  in 
the  Londonderry  Turnpike,  which  I  wish,  with  your  leave, 
to  add  to  said  fund,  may  be  applied  to  the  procuring  of 
an  able  and  accomplished  Master,  to  teach  the  Students 
of  the  Academy,  and  of  the  Theological  Institution,  the 
Theory  and  Practice  of  Sacred  Music,  under  such  regula- 
tions, as  you  shall  prescribe. 

With  much  respect.  Gentlemen,  I  am 

Your  humble  serv't,  Samuel  Farrar. 

See  File  of  Wills  and  Letters. 


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These  Donations  constituted  a  fund  called  the  Prize 
Fund,  which  gradually  increased  by  additions  of  the 
income  to  the  principal,  and  by  repeated  Gifts  from  Mr. 
Farrar,  until  it  amounted  to  twelve  thousand  nine  hun- 
dred eighty-three  dollars  and  sixty-one  cents,  and  was  first 
used  to  erect  the  double  Brick  House,  afterwards  trans- 
ferred to  the  Seminary,  and  then,  in  1833-5  was  appropri- 
ated toward  paying  for  erecting  the  Dormitories:  and  in 
1841,  the  sum  of  Five  Thousand  and  Thirty-Six  dollars 
and  eighty-nine  cents  was  given  by  Mr.  Farrar  to  the  in- 
come account  of  this  fund,  and  then  applied  to  pay  arrears 
in  the  expense  account  of  the  English  Department. 

See  Sem.  Records,  pages  297,  341.  —  Academy  Ledger,  pages  85,  86,  88. — 
Also,  Academy  Journal  pages  309,  343,  351,  396. 

In  this  manner  the  whole  account  of  this  Fund  was 
closed :  no  prizes  were  ever  paid  from  it,  as  it  was  judged 
by  the  Trustees,  that  the  Scholars  were  sufficiently  stim- 
ulated in  their  studies  without  such  an  incentive. 


181©  — Aug.  21. 

DONATION  BY  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

Received  of  him,  Deeds  of  two  parcels  of  Land,  one  ly- 
ing near  the  Parsonage  in  the  South  Parish  of  Andover, 
the  other  in  Manchester,  New  Hampshire. 

See  Deeds  on  file,  Nos.  22  and  23. 

By  the  sale  of  these  Lands  as  conveyed  by  said  Deeds, 
the  Trustees  realized  at  the  time,  $45,00,  and  $140,02  = 
$185,02. 

See  Academy  Journal,  pages  92,  97. 


1§11 — Aug.  et.  seq. 

The  Premises  now  occupied  by  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq., 
were  Leased  to  him  for  a  term  of  fifty  years,  under  certain 
conditions  and  reservations,  he  paying  an  annual  rent  for 
the  same,  and  erecting  the  Buildings  as  now  occupied. 
Academy  Eecords,  pages  306,  307,  316,  317. 


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1811  — Aug:.  19. 

DONATIONS   BY  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  THILLIPS. 

Certificates  of  Six   Shares  in  Andover  Bridge,  cost  at 
$110  =$660,00. 

Academy  Journal,  page  97. 

1§  12  — Sept.  5. 

Cash    received    of   him,    to    purchase    Books    for    the 
Academy  Library,  $400,00. 

Academy  Journal,  page  104. 

1S13  —  Sept.  5,  et.  seq.^ 

In  successive  years  to  January,  4,  1827. 

CONTRIBUTIONS   BY  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS, 
FOR  THE   SUPPORT  OF  CHARITY  SCHOLARS. 


Academy  Journal,  page  99  .  . 

$258,00 

U          U                        i 

'   114  . 

500,00 

a                li                I 

'  120  . 

500,00 

li                ii                i 

'  127  . 

500,00 

(C      -   U         i 

'  136  . 

500,00 

U                       li                       i 

'  144  . 

500,00 

U          ((          ( 

'  157  . 

.   500,00 

«          (C          ( 

'  176  . 

500,00 

ii              ii              I 

'  186  . 

.   500,00 

il              it              I 

'  196  . 

500,00 

ii              ii              I 

'  207  . 

500,00 

ii               li               i 

'  219  . 

.   500,00 

((      ((      ( 

'  227  . 

.   500,00 

((     ((     < 

'  245  . 

500,00 

$6758,00 
These   Contributions  were  successively  acknowledged 
by  votes  of  thanks  to   His  Honor,  which  appear  on  the 
Records. 

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1815— AMg.  22. 
ENTRANCE  MONEY  REQUIRED. 

Voted,  to  accept  the  Report  of  the  Committee  appointed 
to  devise  ways  and  means,  etc.,  as  follows:  — 

The  Committee  appointed  to  devise  ways  and  means 
that  the  income  of  the  Phillips  Charity  Fund  may  be  ap- 
plied to  its  primary  object,  ask  leave  to  report :  — 

That  the  only  practicable  method  of  promoting  this 
very  desirable  object,  that  has  occurred  to  their  mind,  is 
to  increase  the  tax  on  those  who  enjoy  the  advantages  of 
the  Academy. 

Your  Committee  therefore  propose  to  your  considera- 
tion, that  the  Five  Dollars  heretofore  paid  as  a  deposit,  be 
paid  in  future  as  entrance  money,  not  to  be  refunded- 
and  that  every  Student  during  his  connection  with  the 
Academy,  be  charged  at  the  rate  of  Five  Dollars  a  quar- 
ter for  Tuition,  Fuel,  and  incidental  expenses,  excepting 
such  only,  as  shall  be  exempted  from  such  quarterly 
charge  by  a  Committee  appointed  for  this  purpose. 

Academy  Kecords,  page  332. 

This  account  was  continued  until  1850,  and  then  clos- 
ed. The  annual  income  from  this  source  averaged  about 
$300 ;  and  the  total  amount  of  income  on  this  account 
was  $9,980. 

Academy  Ledger,  pages  58,  103,  141,  and  Journal,  passim. 


1816  — Aug.  20. 

DONATION  BY  CYRUS  KINGSBURY,  ESQ. 

Received  of  him,  for  the   assistance  of  Charity  Stu- 
dents, $10. 

Academy  Journal,  page  129. 


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ll§16  — Aug.  20,  et.  seq.,  to  1821. 

DONATIONS  BY  THE  BOSTON  FEMALE  EDUCATION 
SOCIETY. 

Received  for  the  Support  of  Charity  Students. 

Academy  Journal,  page  129     ...     .     $138,33 


a 

138  .  . 

.  .   151,43 

a 

145  •  .  . 

.   154,43 

a 

158  ..  . 

112,00 

(( 

177  ..  . 

92,00 

a 

186  ..  . 

22,00 

$670,19 

1818  — March  16. 

DONATIONS  BY  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS, 
FOR  REBUILDING  THE  ACADEMY. 

Voted,  that  in  consideration  of  the  generous  subscrip- 
tion of  Two  Thousand  dollars  by  His  Honor  Lieut.  Gov. 
William  Phillips,  and  of  the  advanced  state  of  the  season, 
and  in  firm  hope  of  future  necessary  subscriptions,  it  is 
expedient,  to  proceed  without  delay  to  procure  materials 
of  the  first  necessity  for  rebuilding  the  Academy,  agree- 
ably to  the  plan  accepted  by  the  Trustees  at  their  last 
meeting,  and  to  prosecute  the  business  as  far  and  as  fast 
as  funds  for  this  purpose  shall  be  collected  or  assured. 

Academy  Records,  page  345. 

181§  — Aiijf.  18. 

Voted,  that  the  President  and  Dr.  Holmes  be  a  com- 
mittee to  make  a  proper  expression  of  the  gratitude  of 
this  Board  to  His  Honor  William  Phillips,  for  his  gener- 
ous offer  of  Three  Thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  Two 
Thousand  dollars  already  given  for  rebailding  Phillips 
Academy. 

Academy  Records,  page  347. 


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1§18  —  Aug.  1§,  et.  scq. 

GENERAL  CONTRIBUTION  FOR  REBUILDING  THE 
ACADEMY. 

From  President  Kirkland  and  others. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  61. — Journal,  pages  147  to  164,  passim. 

Total  amount  $3683,83. 

The  balance  of  the  expense  of  rebuilding  the  Academy 
was  paid  from  various  unappropriated  funds  then  in  the 
hands  of  the  Trustees. 

Academy  Ledger,  pages  61,  124.  — Journal,  pages  205-342. 

The  whole  expense  of  this  Edifice  was  $13,252,73. 


1§19  — Aug.  17. 

DONATIONS  BY  HON.  S.  T.  ARMSTRONG,  AND 
MRS.  MARGARET  PHILLIPS. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  given  to  S.  T. 
Armstrong,  Esq.,  for  the  generous  donation  of  Five  Sets 
of  his  edition  of  Scott's  Family  Bible,  to  be  deposited  in 
the  Library  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  to  be  loaned  from 
time  to  time,  by  the  Librarian,  to  such  members  of  the 
Academy  as  are  unable  to  purchase  for  themselves. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  presented  to 
Mrs.  Margaret  Phillips,  of  Boston,  for  her  very  generous 
donation  of  a  Clock  for  the  School  Room  of  the  New 
Academy. 

AcademyRecords,  page  352. 


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1§22— Aug.  20. 
DONATION  BY  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

The  President  having  generously  offered  to  furnish  Por- 
traits of  the  Founders  and  Benefactors  of  Phillips  Acade- 
my, viz.:  —  of  the  Hon.  Samuel  Phillips,  Hon.  John  Phil- 
lips, Hon.  William  Phillips,  and  the  late  Lieut.  Gov'r 
Samuel  Phillips. 

Voted,  that  His  Honor  William  Phillips,  and  the  Trus- 
tees residing  in  Boston,  be  the  Committee  for  the  above 
purpose. 

Academy  Kecords,  page  367. 


1827  — May  25. 

LEGACY  OF  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

Extract  from  his  Will,  dated  May  25,  1827;  — the  day 
previous  to  his  death. 

"  Item,  I  give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in 
Andover,  for  the  use  of  that  Academy,  Fifteen  Thousand 
dollars. 

"  Item,  my  will  is,  that  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  and  that  each  said  Society,  above  named,  shall 
cause  the  amount  so  to  it  bequeathed,  to  be  constituted 
and  forever  kept  as  a  fund  or  capital  stock,  and  to  be  put 
to  interest,  the  income  of  which  shall  alone  be  annually 
appropriated  for  the  purposes  of  such  Society  respectively, 
or  added  to  the  fund  thus  hereby  constituted,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  its  respective  Trustees  and  Directors." 

Academy  llccords,  page  387. 

A  further  bequest  in  this  Will  to  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary, will  be  be  found  in  its  place  infra  with  Semi- 
nary documents. 


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This  Board  entertains  a  profound  and  grateful  sense  of 
the  pious  liberality  of  its  late  honored  and  lamented  Pre- 
sident, the  Honorable  William  Phillips,  as  manifested  in 
the  bequests  contained  in  his  last  will  and  testament  to 
the  funds  of  Phillips  Academy  and  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary ;  a  liberality  which  is  rendered  more  affecting  by  his 
uniform  and  tender  solicitude  for  the  welfare  of  these  In- 
stitutions, during  a  long  course  of  years,  and  by  his  gen- 
erous and  often  repeated  donations  to  their  funds :  and 
the  Board  hereby  pledges  itself,  that  in  all  future  disposi- 
tions of  the  donation  aforesaid,  it  will  be  sacredly  guided 
by  the  directions  of  the  Donor,  and  will  endeavor  to  carry 
his  benevolent  intentions  into  full  effect. 

Voted,  that  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  vote  be  presented 
to  the  Plon.  Jona.  Phillips,  executor  of  the  last  will  and 
testament  of  the  late  Hon.  William  Phillips. 

Academy  Kecords,  pages  388,  389. 


1§39  to  1§32. 

The  Stone  Academy  was  erected  and  paid  for  mainly 
from  the  income  of  His  Honor  William  Phillips's  Legacy, 
and  from  sales  of  Land  in  Phipps,  Canada,  and  Land 
granted  by  the  General  Court  in  Maine. 

Cost  $10,352,90. 

Academy  Ledger,  pa^cs  57,  124.  —  Journal,  pages  281,  295,  309. 


18S0  to  1831. 

The    Double    Brick   House  was  built   from  the   Prize 
Fund,  afterwards  transferred  to  Abbot  Fund. 

Cost  $8,795,83. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  297,  341.  —  Academy  Ledger,  page  62. 
Academy  Journal,  pages  276,  289. 


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1§33  to  1S35. 


The  Dormitories  were  built  from  the  Prize  Fund,  and 
other  sources.     Cost  $17,999,11. 

Academy  Ledger,  pages  85,  124. — Academy  Journal,  passim. 


1§35  — May  1. 
CQNTRTBUTIONS  FOR  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

By  William  Bartlet,  Esq.,  Hon.  Wm.  B.  Banister, 
His  Honor  Samuel  T.  Armstrong,  and  others,     ^700. 

Academy  Journal,  page  334. 

This  Fund  was  subsequently  increased,  chiefly  by 
additions  of  its  income,  until  it  amounted  in  1846,  to 
$1,231,85,  when  it  was  appropriated  to  offset  unpaid 
Scholarship  Notes,  etc.,  and  the  account  was  closed. 

Academy  Journal,  page  127. — Ledger,  pages  93,  94. 

1836  — Nov.  16,  et.  seq. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  THE  ENGLISH  DEPARTMENT. 

Received  from  the  Hon.  William  Reed,  $500,00 

"  »       "         "     Daniel  Safford,  500,00 

"  "       "         "     Gerritt  Smith,  400,00 

•'  «  E.  C.  Delevan,  Esq.,   500,00 

"  "       "         "     S.  T.  Armstrong,         100,00 

"  «     Wm.  Bartlet,  Esq.,  and  others,  215,79 


$2,215,79 

Academy  Ledger,  pages  97,  98. — Academy  Journal,  pages  35G,  358,  307, 
378,  387,  396,  401. 


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1§50  — Sept.  2. 

DONATION  BY  HON.  SAMUEL  H.  WALLEY. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  given  to  Hon. 
Samuel  H.  Walley,  for  his  very  generous  present  of  Clas- 
cical  Books  of  Reference  for  the  use  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy. 

Academy  llecords,  page  522. 


1S53  — Aug;.  3. 

DONATION  BY  SAMUEL  FARRAR,  ESQ. 

It  having  been  communicated  to  the  Board,  that  Sam- 
uel Farrar,  Esq.,  has  tendered  to  the  Trustees  his  Law 
Library,  and  the  Book  Case  containing  it,  and  has  depos- 
ited them  in  the  office  of  the  Treasurer  — 

Voted,  that  this  Gift  be  gratefully  accepted,  and  that 
the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  communicated  to  Mr.  Farrar, 
for  the  donation. 

Academy  Records,  pages  530,  531. 


1854  —  May  31. 

DONATION  BY  THE  GRADUATING  CLASS  OF  1854, 
AND  OTHERS. 

To  the  Reverend  and  Honorable,  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy, 
Gentlemen, 

The  Class  in  Phillips  Academy,  now  about  to  gradu- 
ate, impressed  with  the  conviction  that  more  ample 
Funds  are  needed  to  aid  indigent  young  men  while  pursu- 
ing their  Studies  in  this  Institution,  and  wishing  to  lay, 


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though  it  be  in  a  humble  way,  the  foundation  of  such  a 
Fund,  do  hereby  give  and  commit  to  your  charge,  the 
sum  of  One  Hundred  dollars  for  the  purposes  and  under 
the  Trusts  following:  —  that  is  to  say,  the  said  sum  of 
One  Hundred  dollars,  hereby  given,  if  you  shall  accept 
the  same,  together  with  such  additional  sums  as  shall  be 
given  by  succeeding  classes,  or  by  other  charitably  dis- 
posed persons,  for  the  same  purpose,  and  under  similar 
trusts,  shall  be  forever  kept  as  a  distinct  fund,  to  be  de- 
nominated "  The  Students'  Educational  Fund,"  and  shall 
be  invested  in  Stocks,  or  other  securities,  and  the  income 
or  interest  thence  arising  only  shall  be  expended.  The 
income  of  said  fund  shall  be  appropriated  and  expended 
under  the  direction  of  the  Principal,  the  Treasurer,  and 
the  Head  Teacher  in  the  English  Department  of  said 
Academy,  for  the  time  being,  in  aid  of  worthy  indigent 
Students  in  said  Academy,  and  for  no  o^her  purposes ; 
said  appropriation  to  be  made  irrespective  of  the  particu- 
lar course  of  study  pursued. 

By  a  vote  of  the  Class  passed  this  31st  day  of  May, 
A.  D.  1854. 

William  A.  Mowry,  Ralph   H.   Cutter, 

R.   R.  Bishop,  Aug.  T.  Jones, 

John  Albee,  H.  E.  Chadwick, 

Committee  of  Class. 

The  following  action  was  taken  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Trustees,  held  July  31,  1854 :  — 

Voted,  to  accept  the  Donation  of  the  Senior  Class 
for  the  "  Students'  Educational  Fund,"  on  the  terms 
specified  in  the  deed  of  gift. 

The  Trustees,  in  accepting  the  above  named  Trust, 
would  express  their  high  sense  of  the  nobleness  of  the  act 
by  which  this  fund  has  been  commenced,  and  so  gen- 
erous a  sum  already  secured. 

May  the  young  gentlemen  who  have  devised  and  exe- 
cuted thus  far  this  scheme  of  benevolence,  while  they 

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leave  this  useful  memorial  of  themselves  in  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, share  richly  in  the  Divine  benefactions  through  their 
subsequent  life. 

Academy  Records,  pages  534,  535. 

This  Fund,  by  contributions  received  from  John  Smith, 
Esq.,  Professor  C.  E.  Stowe,  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  and 
others,  amounts  at  the  present  time,  to  $1,507,00. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  175. — Academy  Journal,  passim. 


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THEOLOGICAL    SEMINARY. 


1§©7  _  Jime  9. 

APPLICATION  FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  ACT. 

Whereas  it  has  been  signified  in  confidence  to  certain 
members  of  this  Board,  by  persons  to  this  Board  at  pre- 
sent unknown,  that  large  additions  to  the  funds  of  the 
Academy  may  be  expected,  provided  the  Trustees  may 
be  authorized  to  receive  them,  and  will  appropriate  them 
to  the  furtherance,  and  to  give  effect  to  the  design  of  the 
Founders  of  the  Academy,  relative  to  Theological  In- 
struction in  said  Academy. 

Voted,  that  application  be  made  to  the  Legislature  for 
power  to  hold  larger  funds  for  this  purpose,  and  thus  to 
carry  into  effect  the  designs  of  the  original  Founders  of 
the  Academy  ; 

Voted,  that  Hon.  John  Phillips,  of  Andover,  and  Hon. 
John  Phillips,  of  Boston,  be  a  Committee  to  carry  into 
effect  the  above  vote. 

Seminary  Records,  page  1. 


l§Oy  — June  19. 

To  the  Honorable  the  Senate  and  the  House  of  Re- 
presentatives of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  in 
General  Court  assembled,  — 

The  Petition  of  the  subscriber,  Agent  in  behalf  of  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  humbly  sheweth : 

That  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred and  eighty-nine,  the  late  Honorable  John  Phillips,  of 
Exeter,  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  one  of  the 
Founders  of  Phillips  Academy,  made  a  second  donation 


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to  the  Trustees  of  said  Academy,  for  the  purpose  of  fur- 
ther promoting  "  the  virtuous  and  pious  education  of 
youth ; "  more  particularly  with  reference  to  qualifying 
young  men  for  the  work  of  the  Ministry ;  and  by  his  last 
Will  and  Testament,  bequeathed  to  the  said  Trustees  a 
farther  sum  for  the  same  object,  viz.:  —  that  of  aiding  the 
education  of  such  as  are  designed  for  the  great  and  good 
work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry ;  and,  whenever  the  fund 
should  be  sufficient  for  it,  of  supporting  a  Theological  Pro- 
fessor in  the  said  Academy;  to  which  Donation  and  Leg- 
acy additions  have  been  made  by  the  late  William  Phil- 
lips, Esquire,  of  Boston,  for  the  promotion  of  the  same 
great  object.  Your  petitioner  farther  represents  that  the 
estate,  which  the  said  Trustees,  by  their  original  act  of 
incorporation,  are  allowed  to  hold,  will  not  enable  them 
to  carry  into  complete  effect  the  pious  design  of  the  said 
benevolent  donors.  They  therefore  pray  your  Honors, 
that  the  power  of  the  said  Trustees  to  hold  Personal  Es- 
tate may  be  so  enlarged  as  to  enable  them  to  receive  far- 
ther donations  of  charitably  disposed  persons,  for  the  sup- 
port of  a  Theological  Institution,  and  thus  to  complete 
the  design  of  the  said  pious  Founders  and  Benefactors. 

John  Phillips,  Jun'r, 

In  behalf  of  said  Trustees. 


COMMONWEALTH  OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  seven. 

An  Act,  in  addition  to  an  Act,  entitled,  "  An  Act  to  in- 
corporate the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy." 

Whereas  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  have  peti- 
tioned this  Court  for  liberty  to  receive  and  hold  dona- 
tions of  charitably  disposed  persons,  for  the  purpose  of  a 
Theological  Institution,  and  in  furtherance  of  the  designs 
of  the  pious  Founders  and  Benefactors  of  said  Academy  : 


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and,  whereas  it  is  reasonable,  that  the  prayer  should  be 
granted ; 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives, in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority 
of  the  same,  that  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy 
be,  and  they  are  hereby  empowered  to  receive,  purchase, 
and  hold,  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  real  and  personal 
estate,  the  annual  income  whereof  shall  not  exceed  Five 
Thousand  dollars,  in  addition  to  what  they  are  now 
allowed  by  law  to  hold  ;  provided  the  income  of  the  said 
real  and  personal  estate  be  always  applied  to  said  objects, 
agreeably  to  the  will  of  the  donors,  if  consistent  with  the 
original  design  of  the  Founders  of  the  said  Academy. 

This  Act  passed  June  19,  1807. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  1,  2. 


1807  — Aug.  31. 

DONATIONS  BY  MADAM  PHCEBE  PHILLTrS,  JOHN 
PHILLIPS,  ESQ.,  AND  SAMUEL  ABBOT,  ESQ. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  at 
the  house  of  Madam  Phillips,  in  Andover,  Wednesday, 
Sept'r  2,  1807  —  the  following  Instrument,  making  provi- 
sion for  the  establishment  of  a  Theological  Institution  in 
Phillips  Academy,  and  containing  the  Constitution  of  the 
same,  was  then  communicated  :  — 

CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEMINARY. 

It  having  pleased  the  Father  of  lights  and  Author 
of  all  good,  to  inspire  the  late  Honorable  Samuel  Phillips, 
of  Andover,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  Esquire,  and  the  late  Honorable  John  Phil- 
lips, of  Exeter,  in  the  County  of  Rockingham,  and  State  of 
New  Hampshire,  Esquire,  with  the  pious  determination  to 
make  "  a  humble  dedication  to  their  Heavenly  Benefactor 


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of  the  ability  wherewith  He  had  blessed  them,"  by  laying, 
in  the  year  1778,  in  the  South  Parish,  in  Andover  afore- 
said, the  foundation  of  a  public  Academy,  for  the  instruc- 
tion of  youth,  not  only  in  the  Learned  Languages,  and 
in  various  useful  Arts  and  Sciences,  but  principally  for 
the  promotion  of  true  piety  and  virtue  :  —  it  having  also 
pleased  the  Infinite  Mind,  at  subsequent  periods,  to  excite 
the  said  John  Phillips,  and  likewise  the  late  Hon.  Wil- 
liam Phillips,  of  Boston,  in  the  County  of  Suffolk,  and 
Commonwealth  aforesaid.  Esquire,  to  make  liberal  pro- 
vision, not  only  for  "  promoting  the  virtuous  and  pious 
education  of  indigent  youth  of  genius,  and  of  serious  dis- 
position, in  said  Academy  ;  "  but  "  more  especially  for  the 
benefit  of  Charity  Scholars  of  excelling  genius,  good  mor- 
al character,  hopefully  pious,  and  designed  for  the  great  and 
good  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  who,  having  acquired 
the  most  useful  human  literature,  may  be  assisted  in  the 
study  of  Divinity,  under  the  direction  of  some  eminent 
Calvinistic  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  until  such  time,  as  an 
able,  pious,  and  orthodox  Instructor  shall  be  supported  in 
the  said  Academy,  as  a  Professor  of  Divinity,  by  whom 
they  may  be  taught  the  important  and  distinguishing 
tenets  of  our  Holy  Christian  Religion." 

In  pursuance,  therefore,  of  the  same  benevolent  and  pi- 
ous object,  and  with  a  desire  to  devote  a  part  of  the  sub- 
stance, with  which  Heaven  has  blessed  us,  to  the  defense 
and  promotion  of  the  Christian  Religion,  by  making  some 
provision  for  increasing  the  number  of  learned  and  able 
Defenders  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  as  well  as  of  orthodox, 
pious,  and  zealous  Ministers  of  the  New  Testament ;  be- 
ing moved  by  the  same  Spirit  which  actuated  the  Found- 
ers and  Benefactors  aforesaid,  and  influenced,  as  we  hope, 
by  a  principle  of  gratitude  to  God  and  benevolence  to 
man  :  — 

We,  PhcEbe  Phillips,  of  said  Andover,  Relict  of  Samuel 
Phillips,  Esq.,  late  Lieutenant  Governor  of  the  Common- 
wealth aforesaid,  and  John  Phillips,  son  of  the  said  Sam- 


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uel  Phillips  and  Phoebe  Phillips,  do  hereby  jointly  and  sev- 
erally obligate  ourselves  to  erect  and  finish,  with  all  con- 
venient dispatch,  two  separate  buildings ;  one  of  which  to 
be  three  stories  high,  and  of  such  other  dimensions,  as  to 
furnish  convenient  lodging  rooms  for  fifty  Students ;  and 
the  other  building  to  be  two  stories  high,  and  of  such  di- 
mensions, as  to  furnish,  in  addition  to  a  kitchen  and  pri- 
vate rooms  necessary  to  a  Steward's  family,  three  public 
rooms,  one  for  a  dining  Hall,  one  for  a  Chapel  and  Lec- 
ture Room,  (each  sufficiently  large  to  accommodate  sixty 
Students,)  and  the  third  for  a  Library ;  the  said  buildings  to 
be  located  by  direction  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acade- 
my :  —  and  I,  Samuel  Abbot,  of  Andover,  aforesaid.  Es- 
quire, with  the  same  views,  and  in  furtherance  of  the 
same  design,  do  hereby  give,  assign,  and  set  over  unto  the 
Trustees  aforesaid,  the  sum  of  Twenty  Thousand  dollars, 
in  trust,  as  a  Fund  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  pro- 
fessor of  Christian  Theology,  (reserving  to  myself  the 
right  of  appointing  the  first  Professor  on  this  Foundation) 
and  for  the  support  and  encouragement  of  Students. in 
Divinity ;  both  the  said  buildings  and  the  interest  or  an- 
nual income  of  the  said  sum  of  money  to  be  forever  ap- 
propriated and  applied  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  for  the 
use  and  endowment  of  such  a  public  Theological  Insti- 
tution in  Phillips  Academy  as  is  herein  after  described,  and 
on  the  following  express  conditions,  viz. :  —  that  the  said 
Institution  be  accepted  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  and 
that  it  be  forever  conducted  and  governed  by  them,  and 
their  successors,  in  conformity  to  the  following  general 
Principles  and  Regulations,  which  we  unitedly  adopt  and 
ratify  as  the  Constitution  of  the  same,  reserving  to  our- 
selves, however,  during  our  natural  lives,  the  full  right, 
jointly  to  make  any  additional  Regulations,  or  to  alter 
any  Rule  herein  prescribed ;  provided  such  Regulation  or 
Alteration  be  not  prejudicial  to  the  true  design  of  this 
Foundation. 

Article  I.  This  Listitution  or  Seminary  shall  be  equally 


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open  to  Protestants  of  every  denomination  for  the  admis- 
sion of  young  men  of  requisite  qualifications. 

Article  II.  Every  Candidate  for  admission  into  this 
Seminary  shall  produce  satisfactory  evidence,  that  he  pos- 
sesses good  natural  and  acquired  talents,  has  honorably 
completed  a  course  of  liberal  education,  and  sustains  a 
fair  moral  character.  He  shall  also  declare  that  it  is  his 
serious  intention  to  devote  himself  to  the  work  of  the 
Gospel  Ministry,  (unless  in  certain  peculiar  cases  it  ap- 
pear to  the  Trustees,  or  a  Committee  of  their  appoint- 
ment, that  the  object  of  this  Institution  will  be  promoted 
by  excusing  a  pious  applicant  from  making  this  declara- 
tion) and  exhibit  proper  testimonials  of  his  being  in  full 
communion  with  some  Church  of  Christ;  in  default  of 
which  he  shall  subscribe  a  declaration  of  his  belief  of  the 
Christian  Religion. 

Article  III.  The  Students  in  this  Seminary  shall  be 
aided  in  their  preparation  for  the  ministry  by  able  Profes- 
sors ;  whose  duty  it  shall  be,  by  public  and  private  instruc- 
tion, to  unlock  the  treasures  of  Divine  Knowledge,  to  di- 
rect the  Pupils  in  their  inquiries  after  sacred  truth,  to 
guard  them  against  religious  error,  and  to  accelerate  their 
acquisition  of  heavenly  wisdom. 

Article  IV.  The  public  instruction  shall  be  given  in 
Lectures  on  Natural  Theology,  Sacred  Literature,  Eccle- 
siastical History,  Christian  Theology,  and  Pulpit  Elo- 
quence. 

Article  V.  In  the  Lectures  on  Natural  Theology^  the 
existence,  attributes,  and  providence  of  God,  shall  be  de- 
monstrated ;  the  soul's  immortality  and  a  future  state,  as 
deducible  from  the  light  of  nature,  discussed  ;  the  obliga- 
tions of  man  to  his  Maker,  resulting  from  the  divine  per- 
fections and  his  own  rational  nature,  enforced ;  the  great 
duties  of  social  life,  flowing  from  the  mutual  relations  of  man 
to  man  inculcated;  and  the  several  personal  virtues  deduced 
and  delineated;  the  whole  being  interspersed  with  remarks 
on  the  coincidence  between  the  dictates  of  reason  and  the 


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doctrines  of  revelation,  in  these  primary  points ;  and,  not- 
witiistandiiig  such  coincidence,  the  necessity  and  utility 
of  a  divine  revelation  stated. 

Article  VI.  Under  the  head  of  Sacred  Literature  shall 
be  included  Lectures  on  the  formation,  preservation,  and 
transmission  of  the  Sacred  Volume;  on  the  languages,  in 
which  the  Bible  was  originally  written ;  on  the  Septua- 
gint  version  of  the  Old  Testament,  and  on  the  peculiari- 
ties of  the  language  and  style  of  the  New  Testament,  re- 
sulting from  this  version  and  other  causes ;  on  the  history, 
character,  use,  and  authority  of  the  ancient  versions  and 
manuscripts  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments ;  on  the 
canons  of  biblical  criticism  ;  on  the  authenticity  of  the  sev- 
eral books  of  the  sacred  Code ;  on  the  apocryphal  books 
of  both  Testaments ;  on  modern  translations  of  the  Bible, 
more  particularly  on  the  history  and  character  of  our 
English  version  ;  and  also  critical  Lectures  on  the  various 
readings  and  difficult  passages  in  the  sacred  writings. 

Article  VII.  Under  the  head  of  Ecclesiastical  History 
shall  be  comprised  Lectures  on  Jewish  antiquities ;  on  the 
origin  and  extension  of  the  Christian  Church  in  the  first 
three  centuries ;  on  the  various  sects  and  heresies  in  the 
early  ages  of  Christianity ;  on  the  character  and  writings 
of  the  Fathers,  on  the  establishment  of  Christianity  by 
Constantine,  and  its  subsequent  effects ;  on  the  rise  and 
progress  of  popery  and  Mohammetanism ;  on  the  corrup- 
tions of  the  Church  of  Rome ;  on  the  grounds,  progress, 
and  doctrines  ot  the  reformation ;  on  the  different  denomi- 
nations among  Protestants ;  on  the  various  constitutions, 
discipline,  and  rites  of  worship,  which  have  divided,  or 
may  still  divide  the  Christian  Church ;  on  the  state  and 
prevalence  of  Paganism,  in  our  world ;  and  on  the  effect, 
which  idolatry,  Mohammetanism,  and  Christianity  have 
respectively  produced  on  individual  and  national  char- 
acter. 

Article  VIII.  Under  the  head  of  Christian  Theology 
shall  be  comprehended  Lectures  on  Divine  Revelation ; 

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on  the  inspiration  and  truth  of  the  Old  and  New  Testa- 
ments, as  proved  by  miracles,  internal  evidence,  fulfilment 
of  prophecies,  and  historic  facts ;  on  the  great  doctrines 
and  duties  of  our  holy  Christian  Religion,  together  with 
the  objections  made  to  them  by  unbelievers,  and  the  refu- 
tation of  such  objections  ;  more  particularly  on  the  reveal- 
ed character  of  God,  as  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost;  on 
the  fall  of  man  and  the  depravity  of  human  nature ;  on 
the  covenant  of  grace ;  on  the  character,  offices,  atone- 
ment, and  mediation  of  Jesus  Christ;  on  the  character  and 
offices  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  on  the  Scripture  doctrines  of 
regeneration,  justification,  and  sanctification  ;  on  evangeli- 
cal repentance,  faith  and  obedience ;  on  the  nature  and 
necessity  of  true  virtue  or  gospel  holiness ;  on  the  future 
state,  the  immortality  of  soul  and  body,  and  the  eternity 
of  future  rewards  and  punishments,  as  revealed  in  the  gos- 
pel ;  on  the  positive  institutions  of  Christianity ;  on  the 
nature,  interpretation,  and  use  of  prophecy ;  and  on  per- 
sonal religion,  as  a  qualification  for  the  ministry ;  each 
Lecture  under  this  head  to  be  preceded  and  followed  by 
prayer. 

Article  IX.  Under  the  head  of  Pulpit  Eloquence  shall 
be  delivered  a  competent  number  of  Lectures  on  the  im- 
portance of  oratory ;  on  the  invention  and  disposition  of 
topics ;  on  the  several  parts  of  a  regular  discourse  ;  on  ele- 
gance, composition,  and  dignity  in  style ;  on  pronuncia- 
tion, or  the  proper  management  of  the  voice  and  correct 
gesture,  and  on  the  immense  importance  of  a  natural 
manner ;  on  the  rules,  to  be  observed  in  composing  a  ser- 
mon, and  on  the  adaptation  of  the  principles  and  precepts 
of  ancient  rhetoric  to  this  modern  species  of  oration;  on  the 
qualities  in  the  speaker,  in  his  style,  and  in  his  delivery, 
necessary  to  a  finished  pulpit  Orator ;  on  the  methods  of 
strengthening  the  memory,  and  of  improving  in  sacred 
eloquence ;  on  the  character  and  style  of  the  most  emi- 
nent Divines  and  best  models  for  imitation,  their  respec- 
tive beauties  and  excellencies  in  thought  and  expression ; 


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and  above  all,  on  the  transcendent  simplicity,  beauty,  and 
sublimity  of  the  Sacred  Writings. 

Article  X.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Professors  by  pri- 
vate instruction  and  advice,  to  aid  the  Students  in  the 
acquisition  of  a  radical  and  [adequate  knowledge  of  the 
sacred  Scriptures  in  their  original  languages,  and  of  the 
Old  Testament  in  the  Septuagint  version  ;  to  direct  their 
method  of  studying  the  Bible  and  all  other  writings ;  to 
superintend  and  animate  their  pursuits  by  frequent  in- 
quiries and  examinations,  relative  to  their  progress  in 
books  and  knowledge ;  to  assign  proper  subjects  for  their 
first  compositions,  and  to  suggest  a  natural  method  of 
treating  them ;  frequently  and  critically  to  examine  their 
early  productions,  and  in  a  free,  but  friendly  manner,  to 
point  out  their  defects  and  errors,  in  grammar,  method, 
reasoning,  style,  and  sentiment ;  to  improve  them  in  the 
important  art  of  reading,  and  to  give  them  opportunities 
of  speaking  in  public,  favoring  them  with  their  candid  re- 
marks on  their  whole  manner ;  to  explain  intricate  texts  of 
Scripture,  referred  to  them ;  to  solve  cases  of  conscience ; 
to  watch  over  their  health  and  morals  with  paternal  soli- 
citude; and  by  every  prudent  and  christian  method,  to 
promote  the  growth  of  true  piety  in  their  hearts ;  to  give 
them  friendly  advice  with  relation  to  their  necessary  inter- 
course among  men  in  the  various  walks  of  life,  and  espe- 
cially with  respect  to  the  manner  in  which  it  becomes  a 
minister  of  the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus  to  address  both  God 
and  man,  whether  in  the  assembly  of  his  saints,  or  in  the 
chamber  of  sickness  and  of  death. 

Article  XL  Every  Professor  in  this  Seminary  shall  be  a 
Master  of  Arts,  of  the  Protestant  reformed  religion,  in 
communion  with  some  Christian  Church  of  the  Congre- 
gational or  Presbyterian  denomination,  and  sustain  the 
character  of  a  sober,  honest,  learned,  and  pious  man  ;  he 
shall  moreover  be  a  man  of  sound  and  orthodox  princi- 
ples in  Divinity,  according  to  that  form  of  sound  words  or 
system  of  evangelical  doctrines,  drawn  from  the  Scrip- 


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tures,  and  denominated  the  Westminster  Assembly's 
Shorter  Catechism,  and  more  concisely  delineated  in  the 
Constitution  of  Phillips  Academy. 

Article  XII.  Every  person  therefore,  appointed  or  elected 
a  Professor  in  this  Seminary,  shall,  on  the  day  of  his  in- 
auguration into  office,  and  in  the   presence   of  the   said 
Trustees,  publicly  make  and  subscribe  a  solemn  Declara- 
tion of  his  faith  in  Divine  Revelation,  and  in  the  funda- 
mental and   distinguishing   doctrines   of  the    Gospel   of 
Christ,  as  summarily  expressed  in  the  Westminster  As- 
sembly's Shorter  Catechism  ;  and  he  shall  furthermore  sol- 
emnly promise,  that  he  will  open  and  explain  the  Scriptures 
to  his  Pupils,  with  integrity  and  faithfulness ;  that  he  will 
maintain  and  inculcate  the  Christian  faith,  as  above  express- 
ed, together  with  all  the  other  doctrines  and  duties  of  our 
holy  religion,  so  far  as  may  appertain  to  his  office,  accord- 
ing to  the  best  light  God  shall  give  him  ;  and  in  opposi- 
tion not  only  to  Atheists  and  Infidels,  but  to  Jews,  Ma- 
hommetans,  Arians,  Pelagians,  Antinomians,  Arminians, 
Socinians,  Unitarians,  and  Universalists,  and  to  all  other 
heresies  and  errors,  ancient  or  modern,  which   may  be  op- 
posed to  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  or   hazardous  to  the  souls 
of  men;  —  that  by  his  instructions,  counsels,  and  exam- 
ple, he  will  endeavor  to  promote  true   Piety  and   Godli- 
ness :  that  he  will  consult  the  good  of  this  Institution  and 
the  peace  of  the  churches  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  on  all 
occasions ;  and  that  he  will  religiously  observe  the  Stat- 
utes of  this  Institution,  relative  to  his  official  duties   and 
deportment,  and  all  such  other  Statutes  and  Laws,  as  shall 
be  constitutionally  made  by  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, not  repugnant  thereto. 

Article  XIIL  The  preceding  Declaration  shall  be  repeat- 
ed by  every  Professor  in  this  Seminary,  in  the  presence  of 
the  said  Trustees,  at  the  expiration  of  every  successive 
period  of  five  years ;  and  no  man  shall  be  continued  a 
Professor  in  this  Institution,  who  shall  not  continue  to 
approve  himself,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  said  Trustees,  a 


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man  of  sound  and  orthodox  principles  in  Divinity^  agree- 
ably to  the  system  of  evangelical  doctrines  contained  in 
the  aforesaid  Catechism.  Accordingly,  if  at  any  meeting 
regularly  appointed,  it  should  be  proved  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  a  majority  of  the  whole  number  of  the  said  Trus- 
tees, that  any  Professor  in  this  Institution  has  taught  or 
embraced  any  of  the  heresies  or  errors,  alluded  to  in  the 
Declaration  aforesaid ;  or,  should  he  refuse  to  repeat  the 
same,  as  herein  required,  he  shall  be  forthwith  removed 
from  office. 

Article  XIV.  Every  Professor  in  this  Institution  shall  be 
under  the  immediate  inspection  of  the  said  Trustees  ;  and 
by  them  removed,  agreeably  to  the  will  of  his  Founder  for 
gross  neglect  of  duty,  scandalous  immorality,  mental  in- 
capacity, or  any  other  just  and  sufficient  cause. 

Article  XV.  Whenever  a  Professor  in  this  Seminary 
shall  be  removed  by  death  or  otherwise,  the  said  Trustees 
shall  elect  a  Successor  within  twelve  months. 

Article  XVI.  The  Trustees  aforesaid,  in  conformity  to 
the  Statutes  of  every  Founder,  shall  assign  to  the  Profes- 
sors in  this  Seminary  their  respective  departments  of  in- 
struction, the  times  for  reading  their  lectures,  and  their  sev- 
eral public  and  private  duties,  in  such  manner,  as,  after 
consultation  with  the  said  Professors,  shall  to  the  said 
Trustees  appear  most  convenient  and  useful;  provided 
however,  that  the  course  of  lectures  in  each  department 
be  always  completed  within  the  space  of  three  years. 

Art.  XVII.  The  necessary  expenses  of  indigent  Stu- 
dents at  this  Seminary,  for  board,  lodging,  washing,  fuel, 
and  light,  will  be  defrayed  out  of  funds,  apprepriatod 
to  this  purpose,  agreeably  to  the  Regulations,  in  such  case 
provided,  and  as  said  funds  may  permit. 

Article  XVIII.  No  person  shall  be  admitted  a  Student 
on  the  charitable  Foundation,  who  is  not  distinguished 
by  natural  abilities,  literary  acquirements,  unblemished 
morals,  and  hopeful  piety ;  a  certificate  of  which  qualities 


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will  be  required  from  known  and  respectable  characters, 
in  order  to  the  enjoyment  of  this  charity. 

Article  XIX.  To  be  entitled  to  the  maintenance  afore- 
said, each  Student  on  the  Charitable  Foundation,  unless 
prevented  by  sickness,  must  reside  at  this  Seminary  nine 
months  at  least  in  each  year,  regularly  attending  the 
exercises  aforesaid,  as  well  as  diligently  prosecuting  the 
studies  prescribed,  and  in  all  respects  conforming  to  the 
Rules  of  this  Constitution,  and  to  the  Laws  and  Orders 
of  the  said  Trustees. 

Article  XX.  Whatever  may  be  the  number  of  vaca- 
tions, the  aggregate  thereof,  shall  not  exceed  eight  weeks 
in  any  one  year ;  and  the  constant  presence  of  the  Pro- 
fessors and  Students  will  be  expected  in  term  time. 

Article  XXI.  Every  Student  in  this  Seminary  shall 
constantly,  punctually,  and  seriously  attend  the  religious 
exercises  of  the  Chapel  morning  and  evening,  and  all  the 
public  lectures  of  the  several  Professors;  and,  to  increase  the 
reverence  due  to  religious  institutions,  as  well  as  to  give 
weight  to  public  instruction,  it  is  expected,  that  the  Pro- 
fessors not  only  frequent  the  Chapel  at  morning  and  even- 
ing prayers,  but  that  they  constantly  attend  each  other's 
public  lectures. 

Article  XXII.  Every  Student  in  this  Seminary  is  re- 
quired to  devote  so  much  time  to  the  study  of  the  learned 
languages,  as  shall  increase  his  knowledge  of  them,  es- 
pecially of  the  Greek  and  Hebrew  languages  ;  to  pay  due 
attention  to  Philology,  Rhetoric,  and  Oratory ;  to  read  the 
best  treatises  on  natural  and  revealed  Religion,  and  on  the 
fundamental  doctrines  of  the  Gospel ;  to  make  himself 
master  of  the  principal  arguments  and  evidences  of  the 
truth  of  Christianity ;  to  pay  due  attention  to  Ecclesiasti- 
cal History,  and  to  the  canons  of  Biblical  Criticism.  But 
above  all,  it  is  required,  that  he  make  the  Bible  the  object 
of  his  most  attentive,  diligent,  and  prayerful  study. 

Article  XXIII.  It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  Professors  in 


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this  Seminary  to  prepare  a  list  of  such  books,  and  to 
point  out  such  a  course  of  study,  as  in  their  opinion  may 
be  most  congenial  to  the  true  design  of  this  Institution, 
and  most  beneficial  to  the  Students  in  it;  which  list 
of  books  and  course  of  study,  being  approved  by  said  Trus- 
tees, said  Students  shall  pursue ;  they  shall  also  frequently 
ask  the  advice  and  assistance  of  the  Professors  with  refer- 
ence to  their  studies ;  and  often  submit  their  theological 
compositions,  especially  their  first  essays,  to  the  friendly 
inspection  and  faithful  remarks  of  one  or  more  of  the  said 
Professors.  ' 

Article  XXIV.  Each  Student,  once  at  least  in  every 
year,  shall  acquaint  the  Professors  with  the  books  he  has 
read,  and  with  his  course  of  study,  during  said  year;  and 
shall  also  be  examined  in  the  original  languages  of  the 
Old  and  New  Testament,  and  in  the  Septuagint  version 
of  the  former ;  also  with  reference  to  the  leading  senti- 
ments and  arguments  of  the  principal  authors  he  has 
perused ;  but  especially  with  respect  to  the  style,  charac- 
ter, and  design  of  those  sacred  writers,  which  agreeably 
to  direction  he  has  particularly  studied. 

Article  XXV.  If  upon  due  and  impartial  examination 
it  be  found,  that  any  Student  on  the  Charitable  Founda- 
tion aforesaid,  has  not  made  reasonable  proficiency  in  the 
studies,  prescribed  him,  he  shall  be  continued  thereon  no 
longer ;  and,  if  any  Student  whatever  in  this  Seminary, 
shall  be  guilty  of  any  gross  immorality,  or  of  any  insult 
or  oppugnation  to  the  said  Trustees,  or  to  any  Professor 
or  Officer  of  this  Seminary,  he  shall  be  cut  off"  from  all 
the  advantages  and  benefits  of  this  Institution,  unless 
he  make  reasonable  and  immediate  satisfaction  for  his 
oflence. 

Article  XXVI.  Whenever  a  Student  shall  have  honor- 
ably finished  his  term  and  course  of  study  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Professors,  and  such  Student  shall  request  it, 
a  Certificate,  signed  by  the  Professors,  specifying  how  long 
such  Student  has  studied  under  the  direction,  and  attend- 


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ed  the  lectures  of  the  Professors,  that  he  has  prosecuted 
his  studies  with  diligence,  and  sustained  a  good  moral 
character,  shall  be  given  him ;  provided  always,  that  his 
conduct  and  proficiency  in  theological  knowledge  be  such, 
as  to  merit  the  same. 

Article  XXVII.  After  the  expiration  of  the  first  three 
years  from  the  opening  of  this  Institution,  it  will  be  re- 
quired of  all  persons  who  may  wish  to  enjoy  the  advan- 
tages of  the  same,  that  they  statedly  reside  at  the  Semi- 
nary three  full  years,  vacations  excepted  ;  a  period  scarcely 
sufficient  for  acquiring  that  fund  of  knowledge,  which  is 
necessary  for  a  Minister  of  the  Gospel.  No  Student  there- 
fore, after  the  expiration  of  the  first  three  years  of  the  In- 
stitution, shall  be  entitled  to  the  Certificate  aforesaid ;  nor 
can  any  one  leave  the  Seminary  in  an  honorable  manner 
within  the  term  of  three  years  of  such  residence,  except  by 
permission,  specially  obtained  of  the  Trustees,  in  case  of 
necessity. 

Article  XXVIII.  Every  morning  and  vening,  during 
term  time,  religious  exercises  shall  be  performed  in  the 
Chapel,  and  these  exercises  shall  usually  be  as  follows  :  — 
the  Divine  assistance  and  blessing  shall  be  first  implored 
in  a  short  prayer ;  a  devotional  chapter  or  psalm  shall  then 
be  read,  accompanied  with  pious  and  practical  reflections; 
or,  instead  of  this,  once  at  least  in  every  week,  an  exposi- 
tion shall  be  given  upon  some  deeply  interesting  passage 
of  scripture;  to  this  shall  succeed  a  piece  of  genuine  psalm- 
ody ;  and  the  services  be  concluded  by  an  appropriate 
prayer.  In  these  exercises  the  Professors  shall  preside,  and 
ordinarily  officiate ;  but  Students  of  two  years'  standing 
may  occasionally  perform  them  in  whole  or  in  part,  ac- 
cording to  the  desire  and  direction  of  the  Professors.  More- 
over, as  soon  as  circumstances  will  permit,  a  regular 
Church  will  be  formed  in  this  Seminary,  consisting  chiefly 
of  the  Professors,  Students,  and  families,  connected  with 
this  Seminary  and  Phillips  Academy ;  after  which,  if  not 
before,  divine  services  will  be  publicly  celebrated  in  the 


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Chapel  of  the  Seminary,  in  the  forenoon  and  afternoon  of 
every  Lord's  day,  during  term  time.  These  services  shall 
be  usually  performed  by  the  Professors ;  but  sometimes 
by  such  senior  Students  as  may  have  obtained  permission 
of  the  Professors  to  preach  occasionally;  and  they  shall  be 
attended  by  all  the  Students  of  this  Institution,  and  by 
as  many  of  the  families  of  the| Professors  and  Officers 
connected  with  it,  or  with  Phillips  Academy,'as  may  wish 
for  this  privilege,  and  by  as  many  pupils  of  said  Acade- 
my as  may  be  deemed  expedient  by  the  Trustees  afore- 
said. 

Article  XXIX.  The  senior  Students  will  be  required, 
not  only  to  prepare  sermons,  but  occasionally  to  deliver 
them  in  public,  both  in  the  Seminary  and  in  neighboring 
congregations,  as  may  be  judged  expedient  by  the  said 
Professors.  No  Student,  however,  shall  presume  to  preach, 
before,  upon  thorough  examination  of  his  qualifications 
and  motives  for  preaching,  he  shall  have  obtained  a  writ- 
ten permission  therefor,  subscribed  by  the  Professors,  or 
a  major  part  of  them.  This  permission  however,  is  never 
to  supersede  the  customary  approbation  or  license  of  some 
regular  Association  or  Presbytery. 

Article  XXX.  Sacred  Music,  and  especially  Psalmody, 
being  an  important  part  of  public,  social  worship ;  and  as 
it  is  proper  for  those  who  are  to  preside  in  the  assemblies 
of  God's  people,  to  possess,  themselves,  so  much  skill  and 
taste  in  this  sublime  art,  as  at  least  to  distinguish  between 
those  solemn  movements,  which  are  congenial  to  pious 
minds,  and  those  unhallowed,  trifling,  medley  pieces 
which  chill  devotion ;  it  is  expected  that  serious  attention 
will  be  paid  to  the  culture  of  a  true  taste  for  genuine 
Church  Music  in  this  Seminary ;  and  that  all  Students 
therein,  who  have  tolerable  voices,  will  be  duly  instructed 
in  the  theory  and  practice  of  this  celestial  art ;  and  when- 
ever it  shall  be  in  the  power  of  either  of  the  said  Profes- 
sors, it  shall  accordingly  be  his  duty  to  afford  this  neces- 
sary instruction  ;  and  whenever  this  shall  not  be  the  case, 

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it  is  expected,  that  an  Instructor  will  be  procured  for  this 
purpose. 

Article  XXXI.  All  Professors,  Officers,  and  Students 
in  this  Seminary,  and  all  other  persons  employed  in  its 
service,  together  with  the  Lands,  Buildings,  Library, 
Funds,  and  all  other  property  thereto  belonging,  shall  be 
under  the  immediate  inspection  and  government  of  the 
Trustees  aforesaid,  and  be  regulated  and  managed  by 
them  in  strict  conformity  to  this  Constitution,  and  to  the 
Statutes  and  Will  of  every  Founder  of  a  Professorship,  or 
Benefactor  of  this  Institution.  And  the  said  Trustees  are 
hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  make  such  addition- 
al Regulations,  (not  inconsistent  with  the  Regulations 
established  in  this  Constitution,  nor  with  the  Statutes  or 
Will  of  any  Founder  Or  Donor,  nor  with  the  object  of  this 
Institution,  nor  in  any  degree  avoiding  them  or  either  of 
them)  as  they  in  their  wisdom  shall  deem  necessary  to 
give  the  fullest  efficacy  to  these  provisions,  or  to  the  con- 
sistent provisions  of  future  Benefactors ;  whether  such 
Regulations  may  relate  to  the  conduct  of  the  Professors, 
the  government  of  the  Students,  their  various  duties  and 
exercises,  their  lodging  and  diet,  the  prevention  and  pun- 
ishment of  offences,  the  preservation  of  health,  the  promo- 
tion of  order,  peace,  and  harmony,  to  the  safety  of  the 
Buildings,  or  to  the  security  of  the  Funds,  which  last  are 
to  be  effectually  guarded  against  all  loss  and  diminution ; 
in  a  word,  to  do  everything,  under  the  foregoing  limita- 
tions, which,  upon  serious  and  mature  deliberation,  may 
appear  to  them  necessary  to  secure  and  promote  the  true 
object  of  this  Institution.  ^ 

Article  XXXII.  Notwithstanding  this  Seminary  is 
placed  by  this  Constitution  under  the  immediate  care  and 
government  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy ;  it  is 
always  to  be  understood,  and  it  is  hereby  expressly  de- 
clared, that  every  Founder  of  a  Professorship,  Scholarship, 
or  any  other  Living  whatever,  in  this  Institution,  will 
have  the  exclusive  right  of  prescribing  the  Regulations 


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and  Statutes  to  be  observed  by  the  said  Trustees  in  con- 
ducting the  concerns  of  the  same,  said  Regulations  and 
Statutes  being  always  consistent  with  the  principles  and 
object  of  this  Institution  ;  and  also  the  right  for  the  term 
of  his  life,  of  appointing  in  the  original  deed  or  grant  such 
local  Visitor  or  Visitors,  as  he  may  think  proper,  and  to 
endow  him  or  them  with  all  visitatorial  powers  and  au- 
thorities necessary  to  secure  and  enforce  due  observance 
and  execution  of  his  said  Regulations  and  Statutes. 

Article  XXXIII.  Whereas  the  necessary  business  of 
this  Seminary  will  be  sufficient  to  employ  the  said  Trus- 
tees one  day  at  least  in  every  year ;  they  are  requested  to 
hold  an  annual  meeting  for  transacting  the  same,  on  such 
day  in  each  year,  as  they  may  appoint ;  and  likewise  to 
meet  as  much  oftener,  as  the  good  of  said  Seminary  may 
require ;  and  at  each  annual  meeting  to  read  this  Consti- 
tution. The  rules  and  modes  of  doing  business  at  all 
such  meetings  shall  be  the  same,  mutatis  mutandis,  which 
are  prescribed  in  the  Constitution  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Decent  not  extravagant  entertainment  shall  be  made  for 
the  Trustees,  while  attending  such  meetings ;  reasonable 
compensation  made  to  the  Treasurer  of  said  Academy 
for  his  services ;  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  this  In- 
stitution defrayed  out  of  the  income  of  its  Funds.  It 
is  also  particularly  requested,  that  all  the  transactions 
of  the  said  Trustees,  relative  to  the  said  Theological 
Institution,  be  recorded  in  a  distinct  book ;  and  Hke- 
wise  that  all  property  given,  devised  or  bequeathed  for 
the  support  of  this  Seminary,  be  separated,  and  forever 
kept  distinct  from  all  other  property,  to  the  Trustees 
aforesaid,  in  any  way  or  for  any  other  purpose  entrusted, 
being  never  blended  therewith,  in  any  part  or  degree,  by 
loan  or  purchase ;  and  that  the  said  Treasurer  accordingly 
keep  all  his  accounts  and  entries  relative  to  these  Funds, 
in  distinct  books ;  and  all  monies,  evidences  of  property, 
receipts,  papers,  and  books  of  account,  appertaining  to 
this  Institution,  in  a  separate  trunk  or  chest,  prepared  for 


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prompt  removal  on  any  emergence  ;  and  that  the  accounts 
of  said  Treasurer  be  annually  audited  by  a  Committee  for 
this  purpose  appointed,  who  shall  report  to  the  said 
Trustees  in  writing. 

Article  XXXIV.  Confiding  in  the  wisdom  and  fidelity 
of  the  said  Trustees  and  their  Successors  in  office,  and 
with  the  pleasing  hope  and  expectation,  that  they  will  re- 
ligiously appropriate  the  aforesaid  Buildings,  and  the  in- 
come of  the  aforesaid  Fund,  and  of  all  future  Donations 
for  the  same  pious  purpose,  to  the  great  object  of  support- 
ing a  Theological  Seminary,  such  as  herein  contemplated 
and  described,  agreeably  to  the  Principles  and  Regula- 
tions contained  in  this  Constitution;  we  do  now  under 
God,  cheerfully  commit  this  our  Foundation  to  their  pious 
and  watchful  care ;  trusting  that  no  exertion  on  their  part 
will  be  wanting  to  the  success  of  an  Institution,  so  inti- 
mately connected  with  the  glory  of  God,  the  advancement 
of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom,  and  the  salvation  of  their  fel- 
low men. 

But  while  we  thus  express  our  conviction  of  the  neces- 
sity and  utility  of  this  Institution,  it  is  our  earnest  prayer, 
that  our  own  minds,  and  the  minds  of  the  Trustees,  Pro- 
fessors, Students,  and  all  connected  therewith,  may  be 
ever  penetrated  by  a  deep  sense  of  the  necessity  of  the 
Divine  direction,  influence,  and  blessing,  to  render  even 
the  wisest  provisions  and  the  best  human  instructions 
ultimately  successful. 

To  the  Spirit  of  truth,  to  the  Divine  Author  of  our 
faith,  to  the  only  Wise  God,  we  desire  in  sincerity  to  pre- 
sent this  our  humble  offering;  devoutly  imploring  the 
Father  of  lights,  richly  to  endue  with  wisdom  from  above 
all  his  servants,  the  Trustees  of  this  Seminary ;  and  with 
spiritual  understanding  the  Professors  therein  ;  that,  being 
illuminated  by  the  Holy  Spirit,  their  doctrine  may  drop 
as  the  rain,  and  their  speech  distil  as  the  dew ;  and  that 
their  Pupils  may  become  trees  of  renown  in  the  courts  of 
our  God,  whereby  He  may  be  glorified.Jj.. 


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In  witness  whereof  we,  the  Subscribers,  liave  hereunto 

set  our  hands  and  seals,  this  thirty  first  day  of  August, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
seven. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered  PhCEBE    PhILLIPS,          (s.) 

in  presence  of  '          \     / 

Samuel   Stearns,  t          -n                 t        /    \ 

T              T)  John  Phillips,  Jun.  (s.) 

Joseph   Phelps,  '           ^    ' 

Amos  Blanchard,  Samuel  Abbot.          (s.) 


1§07  — Sept.  2. 

Voted,  that  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  do  most 
gratefully  accept  the  sacred  and  very  important  trust  de- 
volved upon  them  by  the  preceding  Instrument,  and  do 
hereby  covenant  and  engage,  that  no  exertion  on  their 
part  shall  be  wanting  to  secure  the  success  of  an  Institu- 
tion so  intimately  connected  with  the  glory  of  God,  the 
advancement  of  the  Redeemer's  Kingdom,  and  the  salva- 
tion of  their  fellow  men. 

Voted,  that  Dr.  Pearson,  Dr.  Morse,  and  Rev.  Mr. 
Dana,  be  a  Committee  to  draft  votes  of  thanks  to  the 
Founders  above  named,  to  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  2-17. 


I8©§  — March  21. 

DONATIONS  BY  MOSES  BROWN,  WILLIAM  BAIITLET, 
AND  JOHN  NORMS,  ESQUIRES. 

At  a  special  mxceting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, at  the  house  of  Madam  Phillips,  in  Andover,  May 
4,  1808  :  —  a  legal  Instrument  executed  by  Moses  Brown 
and  William  Bartlet,  of  Newburyport,  Merchants,  and 
the  Hon.  John  Norris,  of  Salem,  Esq.,  bearing  date  the 
21st  day  of  March,  now  last  past,  entitled,  "  The  Statutes 


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of  the  Associate  Foundation  in  the  Tlieological  Institu- 
tion in  Andover,"  was  communicated  in  the  following 
words,  viz. :  —  * 

THE   STATUTES  OF  THE  ASSOCIATE  FOUNDATION  IN  THE 
THEOLOGICAL  INSTITUTION  J'N  ANDOVER. 

Seriously  reflecting  upon  the  fatal  effects  of  the  apos- 
tasy of  man  without  a  Saviour,  on  the  mercifal  object  of 
the  Son  of  God  in  assuming  our  nature  and  dying  for  our 
salvation,  and  upon  the  wisdom  of  his  appointment  of  an 
order  of  men  to  preach  his  Gospel  in  the  world ;  consid- 
ering also,  that  notwithstanding  this  appointment,  by  far 
the  greatest  part  of  the  human  race  is  still  perishing  for 
lack  of  vision  ;  and  that  even  in  countries  where  the  Gos- 
pel is  enjoyed,  infidelity,  error,  and  immorality  greatly 
abound ;  feeling  it  to  be  our  duty  to  conspire  with  the  be- 
nevolent design  of  this  appointment ;  and  being  desirous 
of  contributing  according  to  our  ability  towards  its  suc- 
cess, and  of  expressing,  in  this  imperfect  manner,  our 
sense  of  our  obligation  to  our  compassionate  Redeemer  — 
we,  Moses  Brown  and  William  Bartlet,  both  of  Newbu- 
ry port.  Merchants,  and  John  Norris,  of  Salem,  Esquire, 
all  of  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, being  influenced,  as  we  hope,  by  a  principle  of 
gratitude  to  God,  and  benevolence  to  man,  have  deter- 
mined to  devote  a  part  of  the  substance  with  which  Heav- 
en has  blessed  us  to  the  defence  and  promotion  of  the 
Christian  Religion,  by  making  some  provision  for  increas- 
ing the  number  of  learned  and  able  Defenders  of  the  Gos- 
pel of  Christ,  as  well  as  of  orthodox,  pious,  and  zealous 
Ministers  of  the  New  Testament;  and  we  do  accordingly 
hereby  give,  assign,  and  set  over  to  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy,  and  to  their  successors  in  oflice,  the  sum  of 
Ten  Thousand  dollars  each,  amounting  to  Thirty  Thou- 
sand dollars ;  to  which  sum,  I,  William  Bartlet,  add  the 
farther  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of 

*  Seminary  Records,  pages  21,  22, 


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supporting  one  of  the  two  Professors,  hereinafter  named, 
(the  whole  amounting  to  Forty  Thousand  dollars,)  in 
sacred  trust.,  as  a  capital  Fund,  to  be  disposed  of  in  the 
manner  and  for  the  purposes  following  :  — that  is  to  say, 
the  said  sum  of  money  to  be  kept  out  at  interest  on  good 
security,  or  otherwise  in  whole  or  in  part  vested,  as  the 
said  Trustees  shall  deem  best,  in  productive  real  estate, 
or  in  sure  and  permanent  funds ;  and  the  interest  or  annu- 
al income  of  said  capital  Fund  to  be  applied  to  the  main- 
tenance of  two  Professors  in  the  Theological  Institution 
or  Seminary,  lately  founded  in  the  Town  of  Andover,  and 
County  aforesaid ;  who  shall,  agreeably  to  the  permanent 
Creed  hereinafter  mentioned,  faithfully  teach  that  revealed 
Holy  Religion  only,  which  God  constantly  teaches  man  by 
his  glorious  works  of  Creation,  Providence  and  Redemption ; 
whose  professional  duties  shall  be  assigned,  according  to 
the  Constitution  of  the  Seminary,  in  such  manner,  as  shall 
most  directly  and  effectually  promote  the  great  object  of 
the  Institution  ;  reserving  to  ourselves  the  right,  jointly,  to 
make  the  first  appointment  of  one  of  the  said  Professors, 
and  to  the  said  William  Bartlet  severally  the  right  to 
make  the  first  appointment  of  the  other  of  the  said  Pro- 
fessors; and  also  toward  the  maintenance  of  such  Stu- 
dents in  Divinty,  as  may  be  proper  candidates  for  gratu- 
itous support,  and  shall  be  approved  and  recommended 
by  the  Board  of  Visitors,  hereinafter  constituted,  or  by  a 
committee  of  their  appointment,  agreeably  to  the  follow- 
ing Statutes,  namely :  — 

Article  I.  The  Fund  aforesaid  shall  be  kept  distinct 
from  all  other  property,  to  the  same  Trustees  belonging, 
being  never  blended  therewith  by  loan  or  purchase ;  and 
their  Treasurer  shall  accordingly  keep  all  accounts  relative 
thereto,  in  distinct  books ;  and  all  monies,  evidences  of 
property,  receipts,  papers,  and  books  of  account,  appertain- 
ing to  said  Fund,  in  a  trunk  or  chest,  prepared  for  prompt 
removal. 

Article  11.   Every  Professor  on  the  Associate  Founda- 


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tion  shall  be  a  Master  of  Arts,  of  the  Protestant  Reform- 
ed Religion,  an  ordained  Minister  of  the  Congregational 
or  Presbyterian  denomination,  and  shall  sustain  the  char- 
acter of  a  discreet,  honest,  learned,  and  devout  Christian ; 
an  ortliodox  and  consistent  Calvinist;  and  after  a  careful 
examination  by  the  Visitors  with  reference  to  his  religious 
principles,  he  shall,  on  the  day  of  his  inauguration,  pub- 
licly make  and  subscribe  a  solemn  declaration  of  his 
faith  in  Divine  Revelation,  and  in  the  fundamental  and 
distinguishing  doctrines  of  the  Gospel,  as  expressed  in  the 
following  Creed,  which  is  supported  by  the  infallible  Rev- 
elation which  God  constantly  makes  of  Himself  in  his 
works  of  creation,  providence,  and  redemption,  namely  :  — 
"  I  believe  that  there  is  one,  and  but  one  living  and 
true  God ;  that  the  word  of  God,  contained  in  the  Scrip- 
tures of  the  Old  and  New  Testament,  is  the  only  perfect 
rule  of  faith  and  practice ;  that  agreeably  to  those  Scrip- 
tures God  is  a  Spirit,  infinite,  eternal,  and  unchangeable 
in  his  being,  wisdom,  power,  holiness,  justice,  goodness, 
and  truth ;  that  in  the  Godhead  are  three  Persons,  the 
Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost ;  and  that  these 
Three  are  One  God,  the  same  in  substance,  equal  in  pow- 
er and  glory ;  that  God  created  man  after  his  own  image, 
in  knowledge,  righteousness,  and  holiness ;  that  the  glory 
of  God  is  man's  chief  end,  the  enjoyment  of  God  his  su- 
preme happiness ;  that  this  enjoyment  is  derived  solely 
from  conformity  of  heart  to  the  moral  character  and  will 
of  God ;  that  Adam,  the  federal  head  and  representative 
of  the  human  race,  was  placed  in  a  state  of  probation, 
and  that  in  consequence  of  his  disobedience,  all  his  de- 
scendants were  constituted  sinners ;  that  by  nature  ev- 
ery man  is  personally  depraved,  destitute  of  holiness, 
unlike  and  opposed  to  God ;  and  that  previously  to  the 
renewing  agency  of  the  Divine  Spirit,  all  his  moral  ac- 
tions are  adverse  to  the  character  and  glory  of  God ; 
that  being  morally  incapable  of  recovering  the  image  of 
his  Creator,  which  was  lost  in  Adam,  every  man  is  justly 


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exposed  to  eternal  damnation  ;  so  that,  except  a  man  be 
born  again,  he  cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God  ;  that  God, 
of  his  mere  good  pleasure,  from  all  eternity  elected  some 
to  everlasting  life,  and  that  he  entered  into  a  covenant  of 
grace,  to  deliver  them  out  of  this  state  of  sin  and  misery 
by  a  Redeemer;  that  the  only  Redeemer  of  the  elect  is 
the  eternal  Son  of  God,  who  for  this  purpose  became 
man,  and  continues  to  be  God  atld  man  in  two  distinct 
natures  and  one  person  forever  ;  that  Christ,  as  our  Re- 
deemer, executeth  the  office  of  a  Prophet,  Priest,  and 
King;  that,  agreeably  to  the  covenant  of  redemption,  the 
Son  of  God,  and  he  alone,  by  his  suffering  and  death,  has 
made  atonement  for  the  sins  of  all  men  ;  that  repentance, 
faith,  and  holiness  are  the  personal  requisites  in  the  Gos- 
pel scheme  of  salvation;  that  the  righteousness  of  Christ 
is  the  only  ground  of  a  sitmer's  justification  ;  that  this 
righteousness  is  received  through  faith  ;  and  that  this  faith 
is  the  gilt  of  God;  so  that  our  salvation  is  wholly  of 
grace;  that  no  means  whatever  can  change  the  heart  of  a 
sinner,  and  make  it  holy;  that  regeneration  and  sanctifica- 
tion  are  effects  of  the  creating  and  renewing  agency  of 
the  Holy  Spirit,  and  that  supreme  love  to  God  constitutes 
the  essential  difference  between  saints  and  sinners ;  that 
by  convincing  us  of  our  sin  and  misery,  enlightening  our 
minds,  working  faith  in  us,  and  renewing  our  wills,  the 
Holy  Spirit  makes  us  partakers  of  the  benefits  of  redemp- 
tion ;  and  that  the  ordinary  means,  by  which  these  bene- 
fits are  communicated  to  us,  are  the  word,  sacraments  and 
prayer;  that  repentance  unto  life,  faith  to  feed  upon 
Christ,  love  to  God,  and  new  obedience,  are  the  appropri- 
ate qualifications  for  the  Lord's  Supper;  and  that  a  Chris- 
tian Church  ought  to  admit  no  person  to  its  holy  com- 
munion, before  he  exhibit  credible  evidence  of  his  godly 
sincerity;  that  perseverance  in  holiness  is  the  only  method 
of  making  our  calling  and  election  sure;  and  that  the  final 
perseverance  of  saints,  though  it  is  the  effect  of  the  special 
operation  of  God  on  their  hearts,  yet  necessarily  implies 

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their  own  watchful  diligence  ;  that  they,  who  are  effectu- 
ally called,  do  in  this  life  partake  of  justification,  adop- 
tion, and  sanctification,  and  the  several  benefits,  which 
do  either  accompany  or  flow  from  them ;  that  the  souls 
of  believers  are  at  their  death  made  perfect  in  holiness, 
and  do  immediately  pass  into  glory;  that  their  bodies,  be- 
ing still  united  to  Christ,  will  at  the  resurrection  be  raised 
up  to  glory,  and  that  the  saints  will  be  made  perfectly 
blessed  in  the  full  enjoyment  of  God  to  all  eternity ;  but 
that  the  wicked  will  awake  to  shame  and  everlasting  con- 
tempt, and  with  devils  be  plunged  into  the  lake,  that 
burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone  forever  and  ever.  I 
moreover  believe  that  God,  according  to  the  counsel  of  his 
own  will,  and  for  his  own  glory,  hath  foreordained  what- 
soever comes  to  pass,  and  that  all  beings,  actions,  and 
events,  both  in  the  natural  and  moral  world,  are  under  his 
providential  direction ;  that  God's  decrees  perfectly  con- 
sist with  human  liberty ;  God's  universal  agency  with  the 
agency  of  man ;  and  man's  dependence  with  his  account- 
ability; that  man  has  understanding  and  corporeal  strength 
to  do  all  that  God  requires  of  him;  so  that  nothing,  but 
the  sinner's  aversion  to  holiness,  prevents  his  salvation ; 
that  it  is  the  prerogative  of  God,  to  bring  good  out  of  evil, 
and  that  he  will  cause  the  wrath  and  rage  of  wicked  men 
and  devils  to  praise  Him ;  and  that  all  the  evil  w^hich  has 
existed,  and  which  will  forever  exist  in  the  moral  system, 
will  eventually  be  made  to  promote  a  most  important 
purpose  under  the  wise  and  perfect  administration  of  that 
Mmighty  Being,  who  will  cause  all  things  to  work  for 
his  own  glory,  and  thus  fulfil  all  his  pleasure.  —  And 
furthermore  I  do  solemnly  promise,  that  I  will  open 
and  explain  the  Scriptures  to  my  pupils  with  integrity 
and  faithfulness ;  that  I  will  maintain  and  inculcate  the 
Christian  faith,  as  expressed  in  the  Creed  by  me  now 
repeated,  together  with  all  the  other  doctrines  and  du- 
ties of  our  Holy  Religion,  so  far  as  may  appertain  to 
my    office,   according  to    the  best   light  God  shall   give 


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me,  and  in  opposition,  not  only  to  Atheists  and  Infidels, 
but  to  Jews,  Papists,  Mahometans,  Avians,  Pelagians, 
Antinomians,  Arminians,  Socinians,  Sabellians,  Unitarians, 
and  Universalists ;  and  to  all  other  heresies  and  errors,  an- 
cient or  modern,  which  may  be  opposed  to  the  Gospel  of 
Christ,  or  hazardous  to  the  souls  of  men ;  that  by  my 
instruction,  counsel,  and  example,  I  will  endeavor  to  pro- 
mote true  Piety  and  Godliness ;  that  I  will  consult  the 
good  of  this  Institution,  and  the  peace  of  the  Churches  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  on  all  occasions ;  and  that  I  will 
religiously  conform  to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  this 
Seminary,  and  to  the  Statutes  of  this  Foundation. 

Article  III.  The  preceding  Creed  and  Declaration  shall 
be  repeated  by  every  professor  on  this  Foundation  at  the 
expiration  of  every  successive  period  of  five  years  ;  and  no 
man  shall  be  continued  a  Professor  on  said  Foundation, 
who  shall  not  continue  to  approve  himself  a  man  of  sound 
and  orthodox  principles  in  Divinity  agreeably  to  the  afore- 
said Creed. 

Article  IV.  Professors  on  this  Foundation  shall  be  allow- 
ed an  honorable  maintenance,  regulated  as  circumstances 
may  require,  by  the  current  prices  of  the  necessaries  of 
life,  agreeably  to  original  contract. 

Article  V.  It  is  required,  that  every  public  Lecture  be 
preceded  and  followed  by  prayer;  that  the  Associate  Pro- 
fessors in  their  preaching  to  the  Students  of  the  Institu- 
tion on  the  Lord's  Day  be  devout,  practical,  doctrinal, 
and  pungent,  rather  than  speculative  and  metaphysical ; 
and  no  Professor  on  this  Foundation  shall  ever  preach  for 
hire,  or  take  the  pastoral  charge  of  any  church  or  congre- 
gation. And  it  is  furthermore  expected,  that  the  Profes- 
sors on  this  Foundation  shall  faithfully  devote  their  time 
and  talents,  to  qualify  their  Pupils  for  able  Ministers  of 
the  Gospel.  Besides,  therefore,  guiding  them  in  the 
peaceful  ways  of  wisdom  and  discretion  by  Christian  pre- 
cept  and  example,  directing  the  course  of  their  reading 


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the  Scriptures  and  other  instructive  books,  critically  in- 
specting and  correcting  their  theological  compositions,  and 
teaching  them  the  appropriate  style  and  manner  of  pulpit 
address,  it  is  confidently  expected,  that  the  Professors  con- 
fer with  them  freely  and  frequently  on  those  subjects, 
which  are  calculated  to  expand  and  enrich  the  minds  and 
hearts  of  Theological  Students,  and  prepare  them  for 
the  work  of  the  Ministry. 

Article  VI.  Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal 
of  a  Professor  on  this  Foundation,  a  Successor  shall  be 
chosen  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  within  six  months,  and 
the  choice  presented  to  the  Visitors  for  their  approbation. 
But,  if  this  choice  be  negatived,  another  election  shall  in 
like  manner  be  presented,  and  toties  quolies  till  an  election 
be  made,  which  shall  be  approved  by  the  Visitors;  and 
this  within  twelve  months  from  the  commencement  of  a 
vacancy  in  either  of  the  said  Professorships. 

Article  VII.  All  Applicants  for  the  advantages  of  this 
Foundation  shall  be  introduced  by  letters  of  recommenda- 
tion from  devout  and  influential  characters,  and  shall  ex- 
hibit satisfactory  evidence  of  their  distinguished  abilities 
and  gracious  sincerity;  and  by  an  examination  in  the 
learned  languages  shall  evince  that  in  these  respects  they 
are  qualified  to  enter  upon  theological  studies. 

Article  VIII.  Every  Applicant,  after  examination  by 
the  Standing  Committee,  to  be  appointed  as  hereinafter 
provided,  and  after  reading  the  Constitution  of  the  Semi- 
nary and  the  Statutes  of  the  Associate  Founders,  shall 
make  and  subscribe  the  following  Declaration,  viz.:  — 
"Deeply  impressed  with  the  importance  of  an  extensive 
fund  of  knowledge  and  prudence  to  the  ministerial  char- 
acter, and  of  being  correctly  instructed  in  the  doctrines  of 
the  Gospel,  and  consequently  of  attending  a  regular  course 
of  theological  education,  I  solemnly  promise,  by  the  aid 
of  Divine  grac'-,  to  improve  in  a  faithful  and  Christian 
manner  the  advantages  furnished  by  this  institution ;  and 


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to  be  uniformly  subject  to  the  authority  and  laws  of  the 
same,  with  a  single  view  to  my  being  qualified  for  the 
Gospel  Ministry." 

Article  IX.  Strict  and  devout  attention  to  the  Sabbath 
and  all  stated  solemnities  is  required  of  the  Associate  Stu- 
dents; and  every  neglect  of  the  means  of  grace  or  religious 
improvement  will  be  duly  noticed  by  the  Professors. 

Article  X.  It  is  strictly  enjoined  upon  the  Associate 
Students,  to  treat  the  Professors,  Trustees,  and  Visitors, 
with  dye  respect;  and  each  other  and  all  persons  with  friend- 
ship and  decorum;  any  failure  in  these  and  similar  in- 
stances will  be  deemed  censurable;  and,  if  persisted  in,  a 
forfeiture  of  the  privileges  of  the  Institution. 

Article  XI.  Tuition  and  Room  shall  be  gratis  to  all 
approved  Applicants  and  Students  on  this  Foundation; 
and  other  gratuitous  aid,  such  as  diet,  fuel,  light,  wash- 
ing, and  lodging,  shall  be  granted,  in  whole  or  in  part,  ac- 
cording to  the  direction  of  the  Visitors,  and  as  the  state 
of  the  said  Funds  may  permit;  and  no  Student  in  the 
Seminary  may  ever  be  charged  for  the  Instruction  of  any 
Professor  on  our  Foundation. 

Article  XII.  That  the  Trust  aforesaid  may  be  always 
executed  agreeably  to  the  true  intent  of  this  our  Founda- 
tion ;  and  that  we  may  effectually  guard  the  same  in  all 
future  time  against  all  perversion,  or  the  smallest  avoid- 
ance of  our  true  design,  as  herein  expressed;  We,  the 
aforesaid  Founders,  do  hereby  constitute  a  Board  of  Vis- 
itors, to  be  as  in  our  place  and  stead  the  Guardians,  Over- 
seers, and  Protectors  of  this  our  Foundation  in  manner, 
as  is  expressed  in  the  following  Provisions,  that  is  to  say;  — 
we  appoint  and  constitute  the  Honorable  Caleb  Strong, 
Esquire,  late  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chuestts,  the  Rev.  Timothy  Dvvight,  D.  D.,  President  of 
Yale  College,  and  the  Rev.  Samuel  Spring,  D.  D.,  of 
Newbury  port,  aforesaid,  Visitors  of  the  said  Foundation  ; 
who  with  their  Successors  in  office,  to  be  chosen  as  here- 
inafter directed,  shall  be  a  perpetual  body  for  this  purpose, 


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with  all  the  powers  and  duties,  in  them  herein  vested  and 
on  them  enjoined ;  but  we  do  nevertheless  reserve  to  our- 
selves the  right  of  visiting  in  connection  with  the  said 
Board,  and  during  our  natural  lives  respectively,  this  our 
Foundation.  And  we  do  moreover  confer  on  Samuel 
Abbot,  Esquire,  one  of  the  Founders  of  the  Theological 
Institution  aforesaid,  the  right  of  visiting  this  our  Foun- 
dation in  the  same  manner  with  ourselves,  during  his 
natural  life ;  each  of  the  said  four  Founders  so  long  as  he 
shall  retain  his  seat  at  the  Board,  shall  possess  and  exer- 
cise all  the  rights  and  powers  herein  given  to  a  Visitor  of 
this  Foundation ;  though  upon  the  resignation  or  demise 
of  either  of  the  said  Founders  his  place  shall  not  be  sup- 
plied by  election  of  a  Visitor  to  succeed  him ;  and  after 
the  demise  or  resignation  of  the  said  four  persons,  last 
above  named  as  Founders,  the  said  Board  shall  never 
consist  of  more  than  three  members ;  and  it  is  farther  ex- 
pressly provided,  that  the  perpetual  Board  of  Visitors,  first 
herein  named,  shall  consist  of  two  Clergymen  and  one 
Layman,  all  of  whom  shall  be  men  of  distinguished  tal- 
ents and  piety. 

Article  XIII.  We  do  farther  provide  and  ordain,  that 
no  person  shall  be  eligible,  as  a  Visitor,  under  the  age  of 
forty  years ;  nor  shall  any  person,  except  the  seven  herein 
just  named,  hold  the  office  of  Visitor  after  the  age  of  sev- 
enty years ;  and  whenever,  with  the  exception  aforesaid, 
any  Visitor  shall  have  completed  the  sixty-ninth  year  of 
his  age,  the  Board  shall,  within  the  year  next  ensuing, 
choose  some  suitable  person  to  succeed  him  ;  but  the  Vis- 
itor elect  shall  not  take  his  seat  at  the  Board,  before  his 
said  Predecessor  shall  have  completed  his  seventieth  year, 
or  formally  resigned  his  office  of  Visitor;  and  no  resigna- 
tion of  any  member  at  an  earlier  age  shall  be  accepted  by 
this  Board,  before  a  Successor  shall  have  been  chosen. 

Article  XIV.  The  Board  of  Visitors  shall  meet  on  the 
seventeenth  day  of  May  next  at  Andover,  and  ever  after, 
once  in  every  year,  at  the  aforesaid  Theological  Institu- 


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tion,  to  execute  the  business  of  their  appointment,  on  such 
day,  as  they  shall  assign;  also  upon  emergencies,  when 
called  thereto,  as  hereinafter  directed;  and  a  majority  of 
the  Visitors,  when  regularly  convened,  shall  be  a  quorum, 
of  which  quorum  a  major  part  shall  have  power  to  trans- 
act the  business  of  their  Commission  ;  and  in  case  of  an 
equivote,  the  question  shall  determine  on  that  side  on 
which  the  presiding  member  shall  have  voted. 

Article  XV.  There  shall  be  annually  chosen  by  ballot, 
a  President  and  Secretary,  as  officers  of  the  Board,  out  of 
their  own  number ;  who  shall  continue  in  their  respective 
offices,  till  their  places  be  supplied  by  new  elections  ;  and 
upon  the  decease  of  either  of  them,  another  shall  be  chosen 
in  his  room  at  the  next  meeting. 

Article  XVI.  The  President,  or  in  case  of  his  death, 
resignation,  or  absence  from  the  country,  the  Secretary 
shall,  upon  all  necessary  occasions,  call  special  meetings 
of  the  Board ;  and  his  notifications  shall  express  the  busi- 
ness to  be  transacted  at  such  meetings,  and  be  given  as 
early  as  possible,  and  in  the  absence  of  the  President  at 
any  meeting,  the  Secretary  shall  preside. 

Article  XVII.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  fair  record  of 
all  the  transactions  of  the  Visitors  at  every  meeting  of  the 
Board,  inserting  the  names  of  the  members  present;  and 
in  his  absence  another  shall  be  appointed  in  his  room. 

Article  XVI FI.  The  Visitors  shall  remove  any  Member 
of  their  Board  for  immorality,  incapacity,  or  neglect  of 
duty. 

Article  XIX.  Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal 
of  a  Visitor,  except  only  upon  the  demise  or  resignation 
of  a  Founder,  the  Board  of  Visitors  shall  at  their  next 
meeting,  by  ballot,  elect  another  in  his  stead ;  and  ever 
after,  from  time  to  time,  as  a  vacancy  shall  take  place  in 
this  Board,  they  shall  supply  it ;  and  every  person  so  elect- 
ed, previously  to  taking  his  seat  at  the  Board,  shall  make 
and  subscribe  the  following  Declaration,  namely:  —  "Ap- 
proving the  Statutes  of  the  aforesaid  Theological  Institu- 


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tion,  and  those  of  the  Associate  Founders,  I  solemnly  de- 
clare, in  the  presence  of  God  and  of  this  Board,  that  I 
will  faithfully  exert  my  abilities,  to  carry  into  execution 
the  Statutes  of  the  said  Founders,  and  to  promote  the 
great  object  of  the  Institution."  And  he  shall  moreover 
in  like  manner  subscribe  the  same  Theological  Creed, 
which  every  Professor  elect  is  required  to  subscribe;  and 
a  Declaration  of  his  faith  in  the  same  Creed  shall  be  re- 
peated by  him  at  every  successive  period  of  five  years ; 
and,  if  in  the  course  of  events  the  number  of  Visitors  shall 
by  any  special  providence  of  God  be  reduced  to  one,  the 
remaining  Visitor  shall  have  power  to  appoint  one  suit- 
able person  to  be  a  Visitor  on  this  Foundation  ;  and  these 
two  Visitors  shall  at  their  first  regular  meeting  supply  the 
remaing  vacancy  in  the  Board. 

Arlicle  XX.  The  power  and  duties  of  the  Board  of  Vis- 
itors, thus  constituted  and  organized,  shall  be  as  follows, 
namely:  —  to  visit  the  Foundation  once  in  every  year, 
and  at  other  times,  when  regularly  called  thereto;  to  in- 
quire into  the  state  of  this  our  Fund,  and  the  manage- 
ment of  this  Foundation,  with  respect  both  to  Professors 
and  Students;  to  determine,  interpret,  and  explain  the 
Statutes  of  this  Foundation  in  all  eases,  brought  before 
them  in  their  judicial  capacity;  to  redress  grievances,  both 
with  respect  to  Professors  and  Students  ;  to  hear  appeals 
from  decisions  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  to  remedy 
upon  complaint,  duly  exhibited  in  behalf  of  the  said  Pro- 
fessors or  Students  ;  to  review  and  reverse  any  censure 
passed  by  said  Trustees  upon  any  Professor  or  Student 
on  this  Foundation ;  to  declare  void  all  Rules  and  Regu- 
ations,  made  by  the  said  Trustees,  relative  to  this  Foun- 
dation, which  may  be  inconsistent  with  the  original  Stat- 
utes thereof;  to  take  care  that  the  duties  of  every  Pro- 
fessor on  this  Foundation  be  intelligibly  and  faithfully 
discharged,  and  to  admonish  or  remove  hiin,  either  for  mis- 
behavior, heterodoxy,  incapacity,  or  neglect  of  the  duties 
of  his  office ;  to  examine  into  the  proficiency  of  the  Stu- 


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dents,  and  to  admonish,  suspend,  or  deprive  any  Student 
for  negligence,  contumacy,  or  any  heinous  crime,  commit- 
ted against  the  laws  of  God  or  the  Statutes  of  this  Foun- 
dation ;  and  in  general,  to  see  that  our  true  intentions,  as 
expressed  in  these  our  Statutes,  be  faithfully  executed ; 
always  administering  justice  impartially,  and  exercising 
the  functions  of  their  office  in  the  fear  of  God,  according 
to  the  said  Statutes,  the  Constitution  of  this  Seminary, 
and  the  Laws  of  the  Land. 

Article  XXI.  Every  election  of  a  Professor  on  this 
Foundation  shall  within  ten  days  be  presented  to  the  Vis- 
itors, who  are  hereby  vested  with  the  power  and  right  of 
approving  or  negativing,  at  a  regular  meeting,  every  such 
election.  But,  if  any  such  election  be  not  either  approved  or 
negatived  by  the  said  Visitors,  within  twelve  months  from 
the  commencement  of  a  vacancy  in  any  Professorship; 
such  election  shall  be  considered  as  approved  by  the  Vis- 
itors, and  shall  accordingly  be  deemed  constitutional  and 
valid ;  provided  always,  that  such  election  shall  have  been 
regularly  communicated  to  the  President  or  Secretary  of 
the  Board  of  Visitors  ten  days  at  least,  previously  to  the 
expiration  of  the  twelve  months  aforesaid. 

Article  XXIL  The  Visitors  shall  appoint  a  Standing 
Committee  to  ascertain  the  qualifications  of  Applicants 
for  the  advantages  of  this  Foundation.  Those  whom 
they  approve  may  be  recommended  for  admission,  as  resi- 
dent Applicants  on  trial  for  two  months  ;  and,  if  at  the  ex- 
piration of  this  term  the  Faculty  approve  them,  they  may 
be  placed  on  the  list  of  resident  Students  till  the  next  an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Visitors ;  and,  if  upon  examination 
bv  the  Board  of  Visitors  they  be  then  approved,  they  shall 
be  registered  as  associate  Students ;  but,  if  not  approved 
by  the  Visitors,  after  careful  examination  and  the  best  in- 
formation respecting  them,  they  shaU  be  dismissed  from 
the  Foundation. 

Article  XXIII.  No  Applicants,  except  Congregational- 
ists  and  Presbyterians,  shall  be  admitted  upon  this  Foun- 

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dation;  and  a  Uoilege  education  sliall  be  ever  deemed 
an  essential  condition  of  admission,  except  only  in  some 
rare  case  of  distinguished  talents,  information,  and  piety. 

Article  XXIV.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Visitors  decent 
entertainment  shall  be  made  by  the  direction  of  the  Board, 
and  at  the  expense  of  the  Foundation ;  and  all  other 
necessary  expenses  attending  the  management  of  this 
Foundation,  shall  be  defrayed  out  of  the  income  of  the 
said  Fund. 

Article  XXV.  The  Board  of  Visitors  in  all  their  pro- 
ceedings are  to  be  subject  to  our  Statutes  herein  express- 
ed, and  to  conform  their  measures  thereto ;  and,  if  they 
shall  at  any  time  act  contrary  to  these,  or  exceed  the  lim- 
its of  their  jurisdiction  and  constitutional  power,  the  party 
aggrieved  may  have  recourse  by  appeal  to  the  Justices  of 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  of  this  Commonwealth  for 
the  time  being,  for  remedj'' ;  who  are  hereby  appointed  and 
authorized  to  judge  in  such  case ;  and,  agreeably  to  the 
determination  of  a  major  part  of  them,  to  declare  null  and 
void  any  decree  or  sentence  of  the  said  Visitors,  which, 
upon  mature  consideration,  they  may  deem  contrary  to 
the  said  Statutes,  or  beyond  the  just  limits  of  their  power, 
herein  prescribed ;  and  by  the  said  Justices  of  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court,  for  the  time  being,  shall  the  said  Board  of 
Visitors  at  all  times  be  subject  to  be  restrained  and  cor- 
rected in  the  undue  exercise  of  their  office. 

Article  XXVI.  Every  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Visitors  shall  be  introduced  with  prayer ;  after  which  these 
Statutes  shall  be  read  by  the  President. 

Article  XXVII.  It  is  strictly  and  solemnly  enjoined, 
and  left  in  sacred  charge,  that  every  article  of  the  above 
said  Creed  shall  forever  remain  entirely  and  identically  the 
same,  without  the  least  alteration,  or  any  addition,  or 
diminution.  But  we  reserve  to  ourselves  the  right,  as 
Founders,  jointly  to  make,  in  concurrence  with  the  said 
Trustees,  and  within  the  term  of  seven  years,  such  amend- 
ments or  additional  articles,  in   perfect  consistence  with 


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the  true  object  of  these  Statutes,  as  upon  experience  and 
due  consideration  shall  be  deemed  necessary,  the  more 
effectually  to  secure  and  promote  the  real  design  of  this 
our  Foundation. 

Article  XXVIII.  Though  the  Founders,  first  above 
named,  coalesce  with  the  Founders  of  the  aforesaid  Theo- 
logical Institution,  in  the  manner  herein  described,  with  a 
view  more  effectually  to  promote  the  cause  of  Evangeli- 
cal Truths  and  with  an  ardent  hope,  that  the  coalition  will 
terminate  in  a  perfect  and  indissoluble  union  ;  yet,  if  after 
an  experiment  of  seven  years'  coalition,  upon  Visitatorial 
principles,  it  shall  appear  to  the  Board  of  Visitors,  that 
the  Visitatorial  system  is  either  unsafe  or  inexpedient ;  the 
coalition  may  nevertheless  be  continued  upon  such  other 
principles,  or  system,  as  may  be  then  agreed  on  by  the 
Trustees  and  Visitors  aforesaid,  in  consistency  with  the 
original  design  of  this  our  Foundation ;  or  the  said  Visit- 
ors may  withdraw  the  said  Fund,  (the  said  Trustees  how- 
ever, not  to  be  responsible  for  any  unavoidable  loss  from 
depreciation  of  the  current  medium,  or  from  the  Provi- 
dence of  God.)  as  upon  mature  consideration  may  to 
them  appear  most  conducive  to  the  glory  of  God.  Or,  if 
at  any  time  within  the  said  term  of  seven  years,  contrary 
to  our  most  sanguine  expectation,  the  said  Visitors  shall  by 
the  Trustees  aforesaid,  be  denied  or  deprived  of  the  regular 
and  proper  exercise  of  the  power,  authority,  rights,  or  privi- 
leges, in  them  hereby  vested,  agreeably  to  the  true  mean- 
ing of  these  our  Statutes ;  then  the  said  Fund  (saving 
any  unavoidable  loss,  as  above  expressed)  shall  revert  to 
the  said  Visitors,  to  be  appropriated  by  them,  as  they 
shall  judge  most  consistent  with  the  original  design  of 
this  our  Foundation.  But,  if  at  the  expiration  of  the  sev- 
en years'  experiment,  or  within  the  said  term  of  seven 
years,  the  Board  of  Visitors  and  the  Trustees  aforesaid, 
be  well  satisfied  with  the  safety  and  expediency  of  the 
Visitatorial  system,  and  that  a  perpetual  coalition  is  impor- 
tant and  desirable;  Union  shall  be  established  upon  Vis- 


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itatoria]  principles,  to  continue,  as  the  Sun  and  Moon,  for- 
ever. 

Confiding  in  the  prudent  and  faithful  inspection  of  our 
Visitors,  and  in  the  wisdom  and  fidelity  of  the  said  Trus- 
tees ;  and  with  a  pleasing  hope  that  they  will  religiously 
appropriate  the  income  of  the  Fund  aforesaid  to  the  great 
object  of  this  Foundation,  as  herein  described,  agreeably 
to  the  Statutes  herein  contained;  we  do,  under  God, 
cheerfully  commit  this  our  Foundation  to  their  pious  care, 
under  the  limitations  before  mentioned,  trusting  that  no 
exertion  on  their  part  will  be  wanting  to  the  success  of  an 
Institution  so  immediately  connected  with  the  salvation 
of  men  and  the  glory  of  God. 

To  the  Spirit  of  truth,  to  the  divine  Author  of  our  faith, 
to  the  only  wise  God,  we  desire  in  sincerity  to  present  this 
our  humble  offering;  devoutly  imploring  the  Father  of 
Lights,  richly  to  endue  with  wisdom  from  above  all  his 
servants,  the  Visitors  of  this  Foundation  and  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  Seminary,  and  with  spiritual  understanding, 
the  Professors  therein  ;  that,  being  illuminated  by  the 
Holy  Spirit,  their  doctrine  may  drop,  as  the  rain  ;  and  that 
their  Pupils  may  become  trees  of  renown  in  the  Courts  of 
our  God,  whereby  he  may  be  glorified. 

In  witness  whereof,  we  have  hereunto  set  our  hands 
and  seals,  this  twenty-first  day  of  March,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eight. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered  MoSES    BrOWN,  (s.) 

in  presence  of  us,  '  \     / 

Samuel   Spring,  William  Bartlet,  (s.) 

Jedidiah  Morse.  John  Norris.  (s.) 

P.  M.  Proceeded  to  read  again,  and  to  consider  article 
by  article,  the  Statutes  of  Messrs.  Brown,  Bartlet,  and 
Norris. 

Voted,  that  this  meeting,  when  adjourned,  shall  be  ad- 
journed to  Monday  next,  May  9,  at  two  o'clock  in  the 
afternoon,  then  to  meet  at  this  place. 


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Monday,  May  9,  1808.  The  Trustees  met  according  to 
adjournment;  the  afternoon  and  evening  were  devoted  to 
the  discussion  and  consideration  of  the  Statutes  of  the 
Associate  Founders. 

Voted,  that  this  meeting  be  adjourned  till  to-morrow 
morning,  at  eight  o'clock. 

May  10,  1808.  The  Trustees  met  according  to  adjourn- 
ment; the  discussion  of  the  Statutes  of  the  Associate 
Founders  was  resumed,  and  after  mature  consideration  of 
the  said  Instrument,  and  prayerful  deliberation  on  the  im- 
portant subject  thereof — 

Voted,  that  this  Board,  deeply  impressed  with  the  mag- 
nitude of  the  object  of  the  donations  presented,  and  with 
the  goodness  of  God  in  putting  it  into  the  hearts  of  his 
servants,  the  Associate  Founders,  to  give  so  liberally  to 
the  offerings  of  the  Lord,  do  cheerfully  accept  the  same, 
for  the  purposes,  and  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  ex- 
pressed in  the  said  Instrument ;  and  that  we  do  covenant 
and  engage  faithfully  to  execute  the  sacred  trust  reposed 
in  us,  agreeably  to  the  said  Statutes  ;  and  that  we  will 
cordially  and  actively  cooperate  with  the  said  Founders 
in  the  promotion  of  an  object  so  intimately  connected 
with  the  glory  of  God,  and  inconceivably  momentous  to 
the  present  and  future  generations  of  men,  in  relation 
both  to  time  and  eternity. 

The  preceding  vote  of  acceptance  was  taken  by  yeas  and 
nays.  Yeas,  Nehemiah  Abbot,  Samuel  Farrar,  Jonathan 
French,  Jedidiah  Morse,  John  Phillips,  (Andover),  Eli- 
phalet  Pearson,  and  Mark  Newman.  The  Rev.  Daniel 
Dana  did  not  vote. 

Voted,  that  a  copy  of  the  preceding  act  of  acceptance, 
signed  by  the  President,  sealed  with  the  Seal  of  the  Cor- 
poration, and  attested  by  the  Clerk,  be  transmitted  to  the 
Founders  aforesaid.     May  10,  1808. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  45, 46. 

The  $30,000  named  in  the  preceding  Instrument,  con- 


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stituted  the  original  Associate  Fund.  The  additional 
$10,000  given  by  Mr.  Bartlet,  together  with  subsequent 
donations  by  him,  constituted  the  Bartlet  Fund,  as  ap- 
pears, infra. 


!§©§  —  March  21,  ct  seq. 

DONATIONS  BY  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ.,  TO  ENDOW 
THE  BARTLET  PROFESSORSHIP. 

Received  of  him,  $25,000. 

Associate  Ledger,  page  2,  and  Journal,  pages  1,  3,  48. 


1808  — April  30. 

LEGACY   OF  SAMUEL  ABBOT,  ESQ. 

Extract  from  his  last  Will, 

Item.  Having  been  disposed  to  devote  a  part  of  the 
substance  with  which  Heaven  has  blessed  me,  to  the  de- 
fense and  promotion  of  the  Christian  Religion,  by  making 
some  provision  for  increasing  the  number  of  learned  and 
able  defenders  of  the  truth  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  as 
well  as  of  orthodox,  pious,  and  zealous  Ministers  of  the 
New  Testament ;  and  having  accordingly,  by  a  legal  In- 
strument, dated  thirty-first  August,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seven,  given,  as- 
signed, and  set  over  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
the  sum  of  Twenty  Thousand  dollars  in  trust,  as  a  Fund 
for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  a  Professor  of  Christian 
Theology,  and  for  the  support  and  encouragement  of  Stu- 
dents in  Divinity,  in  the  Theological  Institution  therein 
described,  agreeably  to  the  general  principles  and  regula- 
tions contained  in  the  Constitution  of  the  same ;  and  the 
said  Trustees  having,  on  the  second  day  of  September,  of 
the  same  year,  accepted  the  said  sum  of  money  for  the 


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purpose  aforesaid,  as,  reference  being  had  to  the  Records 
of  said  Trustees,  will  more  fully  appear;  and  being  desir- 
ous of  contributing  still  farther,  according  to  the  ability 
God  hath  given  me,  to  the  defense  and  promotion  of  the 
Christian  Religion,  as  aforesaid,  I  do  hereby  give,  devise,  and 
bequeath  to  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  and 
to  their  successors  in  office,  whom  I  ordian  and  constitute 
my  residuary  Legatees,  all  the  rest,  residue,  and  remain- 
der of  all  my  estate  and  effects,  real,  personal,  or  mixed, 
whatsoever  and  wheresoever  to  be  found,  not  herein  be- 
fore otherwise  effectually  disposed  of,  to  be  paid,  trans- 
ferred and  assigned  by  my  Executors  to  the  said  Trustees, 
and  to  be  had  and  holden  by  them  forever,  in  sacred  trust,  to 
and  for  the  several  purposes  hereinafter  mentioned  and 
directed,  of  and  concerning  the  same,  that  is  to  say  —  all 
the  money  that  shall  accrue  to  them,  the  said  Trustees,  by 
virtue  of  this  Will  ancTTestament,  to  be  kept  out  at  interest 
on  good  security,  or  otherwise  in  whole  or  in  part  vested, 
as  the  Trustees  shall  deem  best,  in  productive  real  estate, 
or  in  sure  and  permanent  funds ;  one  sixth  part  of  the  in- 
terest or  yearly  income  of  the  same  to  be  annually  added 
to  the  capital  sum  for  an  increasing  Fund  forever :  and 
the  remaining  five  sixth  parts  of  the  interest  or  annual  in- 
come of  said  capital  sum  or  fund  to  be  applied  to  the  pur- 
pose aforesaid,  agreeably  to  the  Constitution,  or  General 
Principles  and  regulations  of  the  said  Institution,  and 
also  to  the  Directions  and  Regulations  herein  following, 
that  is  to  say,  my  Will  is  — 

First,  That,  if  at  any  future  time  the  whole  annual  inter- 
est or  income  of  the  said  Twenty  Thousand  dollars  become 
inadequate  to  a  comfortable  and  decent  support  of  my 
Professor  of  Christian  Theology  in  the  Institution  afore- 
said, the  deficiency  be  supplied  from  the  five-sixths  of  the 
annual  interest  or  income  of  the  capital  sum  or  fund  here- 
by vested  in  said  Trustees. 

Second,   That  a  sum  equal  to  five-sixths  of  the  interest 


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of  one  thousand  dollars  annually  increased  in  the  same 
proportion  with  the  said  capital  sum  or  fund,  be  annually 
appropriated,  and  from  time  to  time  applied,  to  the  pre- 
servation and  enlargement  of  the  Library  of  the  said  In- 
stitution. 

Third,  That  the  remainder  of  the  five-sixths  of  the  in- 
terest or  annual  income  of  the  said  capital  sum  or  fund, 
be  applied  to  the  support  of  such  diligent  Students  in 
Divinity,  of  unblemished  morals,  as  may  need  such  assist- 
ance, and  in  prizes,  to  be  adjudged  to  Students  of  distin- 
guished merit  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Fourth.  My  will  is,  that  the  salary  contracted  for  be- 
tween the  said  Trustees  and  every  Professor  on  this  my 
Foundation  at  the  time  of  his  settlement,  be  by  them 
made  good  to  him  in  all  future  years,  viz. :  —  that  the 
stipulated  sum  be  so  modified  or  increased,  that  it  shall 
procure  as  good  a  living,  or  as  many  of  the  necessaries  of 
life,  as  it  would  have  procured  or  purchased  at  the  time 
the  contract  was  made. 

Fifth.  As  it  is  my  express  desire,  that  every  Professor 
on  my  Foundation  receive  a  comfortable  and  decent  sup- 
port, that  he  may  be  enabled  to  devote  himself  exclusively 
to  the  duties  of  his  Profession ;  so  it  is  my  will,  that  no 
Professor  on  said  Foundation  take  the  charge  of  any 
church  or  congregation,  or  preach  upon  hire,  or  engage  in 
any  other  business  than  that  of  his  profession. 

Sixth.  To  increase  the  attention  of  the  Students,  and 
to  fix  in  their  minds  the  connection  between  the  different 
parts  of  the  great  system  of  Divine  Truths,  it  is  recom- 
mended, that  previously  to  every  succeeding  Lecture,  my 
said  Professor  of  Christian  Theology  examine  the  Stu- 
dents relative  to  the  doctrines  and  arguments  advanced 
in  the  Lecture  immediately  preceding. 

Seventh.  All  persons  whatsoever,  graduates  in  any  col- 
lege as  well  as  others,  shall  bring  satisfactory  evidence  of 
the  purity  of  their  morals,  and  by  an  examination  in  the 


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learned  languages  shall  evince  that  they  are  qualified  in 
these  respects  for  prosecuting  Theological  Studies,  before 
they  can  be  admitted  on  this  Foundation. 

Eighth.  That  every  applicant,  previously  to  his  being 
placed  on  this  Foundation,  subscribe  a  written  declaration 
of  his  faith  in  Divine  Revelation,  and  that,  at  the  end  of 
the  first  year  from  his  admission  on  this  Foundation,  each 
Student  farther  subscribe  a  declaration  of  his  serious  and 
fixed  purpose,  if  his  life  be  spared,  of  devoting  himself  to 
the  work  of  the  Gospel  Ministry,  which  last  declaration 
he  shall  renew  at  the  end  of  every  succeeding  year,  as  an 
indispensable  condition  of  his  being  longer  on  this  Foun- 
dation. 

But,  should  experience  prove,  that  notwithstanding  the 
preceding  guard,  the  advantages  of  this  establishment  are 
dishonorably  obtained,  or  sought  with  a  view  to  any  other 
profession,  business,  or  object,  than  that  herein  expressed, 
it  is  desired  and  expected,  that  the  said  Trustees  adopt 
effectual  measures  for  preventing  so  base  a  prostitution 
of  any  part  of  this  Bequest. 

Ninth.  Farther  to  animate  and  reward  exertion,  my 
will  is,  (provided  the  said  Trustees  shall  think  it  may 
more  effectually  promote  the  object  of  this  Bequest,  and 
the  Fund  will  permit),  that  the  several  sums  hereafter 
named  in  this  article,  be  annually  expended  in  prizes, 
when  the  number  of  the  Students  in  the  said  Institution 
shall  be  sufficient  therefor,  and  upon  due  examination,  any 
Student  or  Students  shall  be  found  worthy  of  such  reward, 
in  the  manner  following,  that  is  to  say:  —  to  the  Student 
who,  in  his  first  year,  upon  due  examination  in  any  part 
of  the  Greek  New  Testament,  shall  discover  most  knowl- 
edge of  the  Greek  Language,  fifteen  dollars ;  and  to  the 
Student  who,  in  his  first  year,  upon  due  examination  in 
any  part  of  the  Hebrew  Psalter,  shall  discover  most  knowl- 
edge of  the  Hebrev/  Language,  twenty  dollars ;  to  the 
Student  who,  in  his  second  year,  upon  due  examination 
in  any  part  of  the  Greek  version  of  the  Pentateuch,  shall 

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evidence  the  greatest  proficiency  in  the  Greek  Language, 
twenty  dollars ;  and  to  the   Student  who,  in  his  second 
year,  upon  due  examination  in  any  part  of  the   Hebrew 
Pentateuch,  shall  evidence  the  greatest  proficiency  in  the 
Hebrew   Language,  twenty-five  dollars ;  and  to  the  Stu- 
dent who,  in  his  third  year,  upon  due  examination  in  any 
part  of  the  Greek   version  of  the    Old   Testament,  shall 
manifest  the  most  accurate  and  critical  knowledge  of  the 
Greek  Language  of  the  Septuagint,  twenty-five  dollars ; 
and  to  the  Student  who,  in  his  third  year,  upon  due  ex- 
amination in  any  part  of  the  Hebrew  Bible,  shall  manifest 
the  most  accurate  and  critical  knowledge  of  the  Hebrew 
and  Chaldee  Languages,  thirty  dollars.    Said  examinations 
to  be  made  a  little  time  before  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
said   Trustees  on  the  business  of  this  Institution,  and  on 
such  day  or  days,  in  such  presence,  by  such  person  or  per- 
sons, and  the  prizes  adjudged  in  such  way  and  by  such 
persons,  as  from  time  to  time  said  Trustees  shall  appoint. 
The  aforesaid  sums,  thus  adjudged  in  prizes,  to  be  given 
in  the  most  useful  Books   of  Oriental  and   Greek  Liter- 
ature, or  in  Medals,  at  the  discretion  of  the  said  Trustees. 
Moreover  to  the  Student  who,  in  his  second  or  third  year, 
shall  produce,  one  month  before  the  said  annual  meeting 
of  said  Trustees,  the  best  Discourse  or  Sermon  of  his  own 
composition,  with  respect  both  to  style  and  sentiment,  on 
some  important  Evangelical  subject,  to  be  assigned  by  the 
Professors  in  the  said  Institution,  and  communicated  to 
the  candidates  one  month  at  least  before  the  day  appoint- 
ed for  the  delivery  of  their  compositions,  on  said  subject, 
to  the  said  Professors,  thirty  dollars  ;  the  said  compositions 
to  be  examined,  and  the  prizes  adjudged  by  Censors,  ap- 
pointed as  aforesaid;  and  it  is  requested  that  the  said 
compositions  may  ever  be  delivered  to  the  Censors  in  such 
manner,  as  necessarily  to  preclude  all  bias  in  the  adjudi- 
cation, and  as  to  keep  forever  unknown  the  names  of  the 
unsuccessful  candidates  ;  and  that  the  discourse  or  sermon 
of  the  successful  candidate  be  publicly  read   by  him   on 


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such  early  day  after  adjudication,  and  in  such  place  as 
said  Trustees  may  direct.  Moreover,  my  will  is,  that 
"whenever  the  said  Fund  shall  be  increased  fifty  per  cent., 
the  several  prizes  herein  instituted,  may  also  be  increased 
in  the  same  proportion ;  and  whenever  the  said  fund  shall 
be  doubled,  the  said  prizes  may  also  be  doubled  in  value, 
at  the  discretion  of  said  Trustees.  But  after  the  duplica- 
tion of  said  prizes,  they  shall  never  be  increased,  unless 
the  Trustees,  from  experience,  shall  deem  it  necessary  to 
render  this  Establishment  more  conducive  to  its  true 
object. 

Tenth.  In  the  selection  of  Candidates  for  the  advan- 
tages of  this  Foundation,  my  will  is,  other  things  being 
equal,  that  Applicants  of  the  best  natural  abilities  be  pre- 
ferred to  others;  those  who  excel  in  the  knowledge  of  the 
Greek  and  Hebrew  Languages,  to  moderate  proficients 
therein  ;  those  who  are  in  full  communion  with  some 
Church  of  Christ  to  others  ;  Bachelors  of  Arts  to  Masters 
of  Arts ;  and  in  the  several  cases,  in  this  Regulation  speci- 
fied, my  desire  is  that  preference  may  always  be  given  to 
my  relations  by  consanguinity,  if  of  competent  abilities 
and  unblemished  morals. 

Eleventh.  Wishing  to  express  my  mind  clearly  and 
fully  with  respect  to  Students  on  my  said  Foundation  ;  it  is 
hereby  declared  to  be  my  will,  that  no  Student,  before  he 
shall  have  completed  his  course  of  three  years'  study  in 
said  Institution,  be  permitted  to  preach  on  hire,  and  con- 
tinue on  said  Foundation  ;  but  that  after  any  Student  as 
aforesaid,  who  may  wish  to  enjoy  the  benefit  of  the  Lec- 
tures and  the  other  advantages  of  residence  at  said  Insti- 
tution, shall  have  completed  said  course,  he  may  be  permit- 
ted to  preach  on  hire,  whenever  so  called ;  said  Student 
maintaining  himself  at  his  own  expense,  and  always  con- 
forming his  conduct  and  conversation  to  the  rules  and  ob- 
ject of  said  Institution,  and  to  all  such  other  regulations, 
as  may  hereafter  be  established  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid ; 


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the  attendance  of  said  Students  on  said  Lectures  to  be 
voluntary.  And  whereas,  the  cause  of  Christianity  may 
be  essentially  promoted  by  encouraging  a  few  young  men 
eminently  distinguished  by  their  talents,  industry,  and 
piety,  to  continue  their  Theological  Studies  and  literary 
researches  at  an  Institution,  where,  with  the  assistance  of 
able  Professors,  they  may  enjoy  the  singular  advantage  of 
exploring  a  Public  Library,  abounding  in  books  on  gen- 
eral science,  and  richly  endowed  with  rare  and  costly 
writings  in  various  languages,  on  subjects  highly  interest- 
ing to  the  cause  of  Sacred  Truth  ;  —  my  will  farther  is,  that 
the  Trustees  and  Professors  aforesaid,  have  liberty  and 
power  to  select,  and  to  continue  or  place,  at  their  discre- 
tion, on  my  said  Foundation,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid, 
and  for  the  term  of  one  year,  (or  longer  if  deemed  useful 
and  best),  one  or  more  of  such  Students  as  shall  have 
completed  their  course  of  three  years'  study  in  said  Insti- 
tution, and  shall  have  evidenced  the  greatest  diligence  and 
the  most  valuable  acquisitions,  added  to  the  strongest 
powers  of  mind;  provided  always,  that  the  number  of 
such  selected  Students  shall  never  exceed  in  any  year,  the 
proportion  of  one  in  seven  of  the  whole  number  of  Stu- 
dents on  my  said  Foundation ;  that  the  selection  never  be 
made,  but  upon  full  conviction  that  the  interests  of  true  Re- 
ligion will  be  thereby  specially  promoted ;  that  the  said  se- 
lected Students  conforni  to  all  the  regulations  and  requisi- 
tions herein  provided,  or  by  the  said  Trustees  hereafter  pro- 
vided, relative  to  said  selected  Students,  and  that  the  said 
selected  Students  in  no  case  be  thus  continued  on  my 
said 't Foundation,  more  than  four  additional  years:  and 
my  will  farther  is,  that  the  support  and  allowance,  annu- 
ally made  to  Students,  thus  selected  and  continued,  be  the 
same,  and  regulated  in  the  same  manner,  with  the  sup- 
port and  allowance  herein  before  prescribed,  for  Students 
on  this  my  Foundation  ;  and,  moreover,  that  such  selected 
Students  be  permitted  to  preach  on  hire  one  third  part  of 


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each  year,  in  which  they  may  be  thus  continvied  ;  and  that 
the  attendance  of  said  selected  Students  on  the  Lectures 
of  the  said  Professors  be  optional. 

Twelfth.  Moreover,  if  in  any  year  the  said  five-sixths  of 
the  interest  or  annual  income  of  the  capital  sum  or  Fund 
aforesaid,  shall  not  be  wholly  expended  for  the  mainten- 
ance of  said  Professor  and  Students  in  Prizes,  and  for  the 
improvement  of  the  Library,  agreeably  to  the  regulations 
and  provisions  made  in  the  preceding  Articles  ;  my  will  is, 
that  the  surplusage  or  remainder  of  the  said  five-sixths  of 
the  said  interest  or  annual  income  so  remaining  unex- 
pended, be  added  to  the  capital  sum  or  Fund,  from  time 
to  time,  as  the  said  surplusage  may  arise,  till  the  said 
capital  sum  or  Fund  shall  have  increased  to  the  sum  of 
sixty  thousand  dollars ;  and  from  the  time  when  the  said 
capital  sum  or  Fund  shall  be  increased  to  sixty  thousand 
dollars,  my  will  is,  that  in  every  year  in  which  the  said 
five-sixths  of  the  interest  or  annual  income  of  the  said 
capital  sum  or  Fund  shall  not  be  wholly  expended,  for  the 
maintenance  of  the  said  Professor  and  Students,  in  Prizes, 
and  for  the  improvement  of  the  Library  as  aforesaid,  the 
said  surplusage  be  appropriated  and  applied  to  the  crea- 
tion and  increase  of  a  new  and  separate  Fund,  which,  for 
distinction's  sake  may  be  called  the  Secondary  Fund; 
which  Secondary  Fund  shall  be  increased,  not  only  by 
adding  to  it  the  surplusage  aforesaid,  but  by  the  addition 
of  the  whole  of  its  own  interest  or  annual  income  from 
year  to  year,  till  said  Secondary  Fund  shall  amount  to 
twenty  thousand  dollars  ;  after  which  one-sixth  part  of  the 
interest  or  annual  income  of  the  said  Secondary  Fund  shall 
be  annually  added  to  the  capital  of  the  same,  for  an  increas- 
ing Fund  forever;  and  the  remaining  five-sixths  of  the  an- 
nual income  or  interest  of  the  said  Secondary  Fund  shall 
be  applied,  if  so  much  be  necessary,  to  the  maintenance 
in  the  said  Theological  Institution  of  a  Professor  of  the 
Greek  Language  and  Literature,  (if  such  a  Professor  be 
not  already  established  therein),  qualified  in  all  respects, 


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as  is  by  the  Statutes  of  the  said  Institution  required  of 
every  Professor,  and  in  addition  thereto,  eminently  distin- 
guished by  his  knowledge  of  the  Greek  Tongue ;  whose 
duty  it  shall  be,  by  public  and  private  Lectures,  to  in- 
struct the  said  Students  in  the  nature,  importance,  and 
excellence  of  the  Greek  Language  and  Literature,  in  gen- 
eral, and  more  particularly  in  the  peculiarities  of  the  lan- 
guage and  style,  in  which  the  New  Testament  was  orig- 
inally written,  and  likewise  in  the  history,  peculiarities, 
and  style  of  the  Septuagint  version  of  the  Old  Testa- 
ment, and  in  the  importance  of  such  an  acquaintance 
with  this  version  to  the  right  understanding  of  many  ex- 
pressions and  passages  in  the  New  Testament;  and  to 
prevent  all  mistake  on  this  subject,  my  meaning  is  hereby 
declared  to  be,  that  the  said  Professor,  in  his  Lectures  on 
the  Septuagint  version  of  the  Old  Testament,  and  on  the 
original  language  of  the  New  Testament,  and  on  the  various 
readings  and  difficult  passages  of  both,  consider  it  his  ap- 
propriate duty  to  examine  the  Greek  Scriptures  of  each 
Testament,  and  the  several  versions,  editions,  and  manu- 
scripts thereof,  more  extensively  and  critically  than  can  be 
expected  of  the  Professor  of  Sacred  Literature  in  the  said 
Institution  ;  and  that  in  his  Lectures  on  the  same,  he  pen- 
etrate farther  into  the  region  of  Greek  criticism. 

And  my  will  farther  is,  that  after  the  said  Secondary  Fund 
shall  have  thus  increased  to  twenty  thousand  dollars,  the 
aforesaid  surplusage  of  the  original  Fund  shall  no  longer 
be  added  to  the  said  Secondary  Fund,  but  be  applied,  to- 
gether with  any  surplusage  which  may  arise  from  the  said 
Secondary  Fund,  either  to  the  increase  of  the  said  original 
Fund,  or  to  the  maintenance  of  other  necessary  Professors 
in  the  said  Institution,  to  the  preservation  and  enlarge- 
ment of  its  Library,  or  to  the  repair  or  erection  of  necessary 
Buildings  for  said  Institution,  as  the  said  Trustees  in  their 
wisdom  and  best  judgment  may  think  most  conducive  to 
the  great  object  of  the  foregoing  appropriation  and  provi- 
sions relative  to  this  my  said  Foundation,  which  I  earnest- 


Ill 

ly  request  may  never  be  forgotten,  to  wit,  the  Defense 
and  Promotion  of  the  Christian  Religion,  by  increasing 
the  number  of  learned  and  able  Defenders  of  the  Truth  of 
the  Gospel  of  Christ  as  well  as  of  orthodox,  pions,  and 
zealous  Ministers  of  the  New  Testament.  It  is  also  to 
be  remembered,  that  no  infringement  is  upon  any  occa- 
sion ever  to  be  made  upon  the  capital  of  the  aforesaid 
original  Fund,  nor  upon  the  capital  of  the  said  Secondary 
Fund,  even  from  the  period  of  the  organization  of  this 
said  Secondary  Fund  to  the  end  of  time;  and  that  one- 
sixth  part  of  the  interest  or  annual  income  of  each  of 
the  said  two  funds,  is  to  be  annually  added  to  the  capital 
of  the  same  respectively,  for  its  perpetual  increase  forever. 

Thirteenth.  That  the  seventh,  eighth,  ninth,  tenth,  four- 
teenth, and  fifteenth  Articles,  herein  contained,  relative  to 
this  my  Foundation,  be  read  at  every  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  said  Trustees  on  the  business  of  the  said  Institution, 
and  that  once  in  five  years,  all  the  Articles  relative  to  this 
my  said  Foundation  be  read  at  a  like  meeting;  and  at 
the  periods  of  fifteen  or  twenty  years,  the  said  Trustees 
publish  a  faithful  Narrative  or  History  of  the  nature,  pro- 
gress, and  state  of  the  said  Theological  Institution,  at  the 
expense  of  my  said  Fund,  any  provisions  or  appropria- 
tions herein  before  made  notwithstanding;  and  that  the 
first  Narrative  or  History,  as  aforesaid,  be  published  as 
soon  after  my  decease,  as  the  said  Trustees  may  deem  ex- 
pedient. 

Fourteenth.  Though  the  foregoing  bequest  is  made  un- 
der a  deep  impression  of  the  importance  of  general  Sci- 
ence and  Sacred  Literature  to  a  Candidate  for  the  Gospel 
Ministry;  yet,  I  desire  wholly  to  rely  on  the  blessing  of 
God  and  the  influences  of  His  Spirit  for  its  ultimate  suc- 
cess ;  and  it  is  accordingly  my  earnest  and  special  desire, 
that  every  Professor  on  this  Foundation,  not  only  implore 
the  illuminating  influences  of  the  Holy  Spirit  on  his  own 
mind,  but  that  he  frequently  inculcate  on  his  pupils  the 
absolute  necessity  of  Divine  illumination  and  guidance  in 


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their  researches  after  the  truth,  and  the  consequent  duty 
of  daily  seeking  these  aids  of  the  Hoiy  Spirit  to  succeed 
their  studies  and  future  labors ;  often  reminding  himself 
and  them  that,  "though  Paul  may  plant  and  Apollos 
water,  it  is  God  who  giveth  the  increase ; "  and  that  "  the 
natural  manreceiveth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of  God; 
neither  can  he  know  them,  because  they  are  spiritually 
discerned." 

Fifteenth.  Having  made  this  bequest,  as  I  humbly  hope, 
with  a  single  view  to  the  glory  of  God  and  the  advancement 
of  the  Redeemer'' s  Kingdom  in  the  hearts  of  men,  I  cannot 
forbear  to  express  my  earnest  hope,  as  well  as  anxious  de- 
sire, that  in  the  present,  and  in  all  future  ages,  this  great 
object  will  be  ever  kept  sacredly  in  view,  and  reign  in  the 
hearts  of  all  concerned  in  executing  this  trust,  agreeably 
to  the  foregoing  Regulations,  together  with  my  most  fer- 
vent prayer,  that  the  Divine  direction,  assistance,  and 
blessing  may  ever  attend  them  and  all  under  their  care, 
and  that,  having  approved  themselves  good  stewards  on 
earth,  they  may  in  due  time  receive  the  rewards  of  good 
and  faithful  servants  in  Heaven. 

This  Will  is  dated  April  30,  1808. 

See  copy  of  Will  on  File. 

Mr.  Abbot  died  April  30,  1812,  and  his  Will  was  prov- 
ed May  8,  1812. 

At  the  settlement  of  Mr.  Abbot's  estate,  a  Bond  which 
he  had  given  to  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  personally,  for  the 
sum  of  $75,000,  was  presented  and  allowed  by  the  Judge 
of  Probate,  so  that  the  amount  of  the  estate  coming  to  the 
Trustees  as  residuary  Legatees  under  the  Will  was  not 
large ;  nor  were  they  entitled  as  yet  in  law  to  receive  such 
an  amount  as  the  Will  originally  contemplated. 

When  the  power  of  the  Corporation  to  hold  funds  was 
enlarged  by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature,  what  had  been  giv- 
en to  Mr.  Farrar,  was  by  his  Deed  of  Gift  transferred  to 
the  Trustees,  to  be  held  and  appropriated  according  to  the 
provisions  and  purport  of  this  Will. 


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ADDITIONAL  STATUTES. 


We,  the  Subscribers,  having  made  some  provision  for 
the  establishment  of  a  Theological  Institution  in  connec- 
tion with  Phillips  Academy,  by  covenanting  to  erect  cer- 
tain Buildings  therefor,  and  by  laying  a  Foundation  for  a 
Professorship  of  Christian  Theology  therein ;  and  having 
given  a  Constitution,  containing  Principles  and  Regula- 
tions for  the  management  of  the  said  Institution,  which 
has  been  accepted  by  the  Trustees  of  said  Academy ;  in 
which  we  "  reserved  to  ourselves,  during  our  natural  lives, 
the  right  jointly  to  make  any  additional  Regulations,  or 
to  alter  any  Rule,  therein  prescribed,  provided  such  Regu- 
lation, or  alteration,  be  not  prejudicial  to  the  true  desiga 
of  said  Foundation :" —  We  do  now,  agreeably  to  the  said 
reserved  right,  and  in  furtherance,  as  we  trust,  of  our  orig- 
inal design,  therein  expressed,  make  and  ordain  the  follow- 
ing Articles,  to  be  added  to,  and  taken,  as  a  part  of  our 
said  Constitution  ;  Provided  the  said  Trustees  shall  accept 
the  Statutes  and  Foundation  of  the  Associate  Founders, 
so  called,  viz.  —  of  Moses  Brown  and  William  Bartlet, 
Esquires,  of  Newburyport,  and  the  Honorable  John  Nor- 
ris,  Esquire,  of  Salem,  which  are  now  executed,  and  to  be 
laid  before  the  said  Trustees  at  their  approaching  meet- 
ing, for  their  acceptance ;  and  to  continue  of  full  force,  as 
a  part  of  our  said  Constitution,  so  long  as  the  said  Associate 
Foundation  shall  continue  attached  to  our  said  Institu- 
tion, and  no  longer. 

Article  I.  Having  provided  in  the  twelfth  Article  of  our 
said  Constitution,  that  "  every  person,  appointed  or  elect- 
ed a  Professor  in  the  said  Seminary,  shall  on  the  day  of 
his  inauguration  into  office  publicly  make  and  subscribe 
a  Declaration  of  his  faith  in  Divine  Revelation,  and  in  the 
fundamental  and  distinguishing  doctrines  of  the  Gospel 
of  Christ,  as  summarily  expressed  in  the  Westminster 
Assembly's  Shorter  Catechism ; "  we  now  ordain  the  fol- 

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114 

lowing  addition,' to  be  inserted  in  said  Article,  in  connec- 
tion with  the  said  clause, viz.  —  "and  as  more  particularly 
expressed  in  the  following  Creed,  to  wit  — 

"  I  believe  that  there  is  one,  and  but  one,  living  and  true 
God  ;  that  the  word  of  God,  contained  in  the  Scriptures 
of  the  Old  and  New  Testament,  is  the  only  perfect  rule 
of  faith  and  practice ;  that  agreeably  to  those  Scriptures 
God  is  a  Spirit  infinite,  eternal,  and  unchangeable  in  his 
being,  wisdom,  power,  holiness,  justice,  goodness,  and 
truth ;  that  in  the  Godhead  are  three  Persons,  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost;  and  that  these  Three  are 
One  God,  the  same  in  substance,  equal  in  power  and 
glory ;  that  God  created  man,  after  his  own  image,  in 
knowledge,  righteousness,  and  holiness ;  that  the  glory  of 
God  is  mans  chief  end,  and  the  enjoyment  of  God  his 
D'lprerae  happiness  ;  that  this  enjoyment  is  derived  solely 
from  conformity  of  heart  to  the  moral  character  and  will 
of  God ;  that  Adam,  the  federal  head  and  representative 
of  the  human  race,  was  placed  in  a  state  of  probation,  and 
that,  in  consequence  of  his  disobedience,  all  his  descend- 
ants were  constituted  sinners ;  that  by  nature  every  man 
is  personally  depraved,  destitute  of  holiness,  unlike  and 
opposed  to  God ;  and  that,  previously  to  the  renewing 
agency  of  the  Divine  Spirit,  all  his  moral  actions  are  ad- 
verse to  the  character  and  glory  of  God ;  that,  being  mor- 
ally incapable  of  recovering  the  image  of  his  Creator, 
which  was  lost  in  Adam,  every  man  is  justly  exposed  to 
eternal  damnation ;  so  that,  except  a  man  be  born  again, 
he  cannot  see  the  kingdom  of  God ;  that  God,  of  his  mere 
good  pleasure,  from  all  eternity  elected  some  to  everlast- 
ing life,  and  that  he  entered  into  a  covenant  of  grace,  to 
deliver  them  out  of  this  state  of  sin  and  misery  by  a  Re- 
deemer ;  that  the  only  Redeemer  of  the  elect  is  the  eternal 
Son  of  God,  who  for  this  purpose  became  man,  and  con- 
tinues to  be  God  and  man  in  two  distinct  natures  and 
one  person  forever ;  that  Christ,  as  our  Redeemer,  executeth 
the  office  of  a  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King ;  that,  agreeably 


115 

to  the  covenant  of  redemption,  the  Son  of  God,  and  he 
alone,  by  his  sufferings  and  death,  has  made  atonement 
for  the  sins  of  all  men ;  that  repentance,  faith,  and  holi- 
ness are  the  personal  requisites  in  the  Gospel  scheme  of 
salvation ;  that  the  righteousness  of  Christ  is  the  only 
ground  of  a  sinner's  justification ;  that  this  righteousness 
is  received  through  faith ;  and  that  this  faith  is  the  gift  of 
God;  so  that  our  salvation  Is  wholly  of  grace  ;  that  no 
means  whatever  can  change  the  heart  of  a  sinner  and 
make  it  holy;  that  regeneration  and  sanctification  are 
effects  of  the  creating  and  renewing  agency  of  the  Holy 
Spirit,  and  that  supreme  love  to  God  constitutes  the  es- 
sential difference  between  saints  and  sinners ;  that  by 
convincing  us  of  our  sin  and  misery,  enlightening  our 
minds,  working  faith  in  us,  and  renewing  our  wills,  the 
Holy  Spirit  makes  us  partakers  of  the  benefits  of  redemp- 
tion ;  and  that  the  ordinary  means  by  which  these  benefits 
are  communicated  to  us,  are  the  word,  sacraments,  and 
prayer ;  that  repentance  unto  life,  faith  to  feed  upon 
Christ,  love  to  God,  and  new  obedience,  are  the  appropri- 
ate qualifications  for  the  Lord's  Supper ;  and  that  a  Chris- 
tian Church  ought  to  admit  no  person  to  its  holy  commu- 
nion, before  he  exhibit  credible  evidence  of  his  godly  sincer- 
ity; that  perseverance  in  holiness  is  the  only  method  of  mak- 
ing our  calling  and  election  sure ;  and  that  the  final  per- 
severance of  saints,  though  it  is  the  effect  of  the  special 
operation  of  God  on  their  hearts,  yet  necessarily  implies 
their  own  watchful  diligence ;  that  they  who  are  effectu- 
ally called,  do  in  this  life  partake  of  justification,  adop- 
tion, and  sanctification,  and  the  several  benefits,  which  do 
either  accompany  or  flow  from  them ;  that  the  souls  of 
believers  are  at  their  death  made  perfect  in  holiness,  and 
do  immediately  pass  into  glory ;  that  their  bodies,  being 
still  united  to  Christ,  will  at  the  resurrection  be  raised  up 
to  glory,  and  that  the  saints  will  be  made  perfectly  bless- 
ed in  the  full  enjoyment  of  God  to  all  eternity;  but  that 
the  wicked  will  awake  to  shame  and  everlasting  contempt. 


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and  with  devils  be  plunged  into  the  lake,  that  burneth  with 
fire  and  brimstone  forever  and  ever.  I  moreover  believe 
that  God,  according  to  the  counsel  of  his  own  will,  and 
for  his  own  glory,  hath  foreordained  whatsoever  comes  to 
pass,  and  that  all  beings,  actions,  and  events,  both  in  the 
natural  and  moral  world,  are  under  his  providential  direc- 
tion ;  that  God's  decrees  perfectly  consist  with  human  lib- 
erty ;  God's  universal  agency  with  the  agency  of  man ; 
and  man's  dependence  with  his  accountability;  that  man 
has  understanding  and  corporeal  strength  to  do  all  that 
God  requires  of  him ;  so  that  nothing,  but  the  sinner's 
aversion  to  holiness,  prevents  his  salvation  ;  that  it  is  the 
prerogative  of  God,  to  bring  good  out  of  evil,  and  that  he 
will  cause  the  wrath  and  rage  of  wicked  men  and  devils 
to  praise  Him  ;  and  that  all  the  evil  which  has  existed, 
and  will  forever  exist  in  the  moral  system,  will  eventually 
be  made  to  promote  a  most  important  purpose  under  the 
wise  and  perfect  administration  of  that  Almighty  Being, 
who  will  cause  all  things  to  work  for  his  own  glory,  and 
thus  fulfil  all  his  pleasure." 

Article  II.  That  the  trust  aforesaid,  may  be  always  ex- 
ecuted agreeably  to  the  true  intent  of  our  said  Founda- 
tion ;  and  that  we  may  effectually  guard  the  same,  in  all 
future  time,  against  all  perversion,  or  the  smallest  avoid- 
ance of  our  true  design,  as  therein  expressed;  —  we  do 
hereby  constitute  a  Board  of  Visitors,  to  be  as  in  our 
place  and  stead,  the  Guardians,  Overseers,  and  Protectors 
of  our  said  Foundation,  in  manner,  as  is  expressed  in  the 
following  provisions,  that  is  to  say  —  we  appoint  and 
constitute  the  Honorable  Caleb  Strong,  Esquire,  late  Gov- 
ernor of  the  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  the  Rever- 
end Timothy  Dwight,  D.  D.,  President  of  Yale  College, 
and  the  Reverend  Samuel  Spring,  D.  D.,  of  Newburyport, 
Visitors  of  the  said  Foundation ;  who,  with  their  successors 
in  office,  to  be  chosen,  as  hereinafter  directed,  shall  be  a  per- 
petual body  for  this  purpose,  with  all  the  powers  and  duties, 
in  them  herein  vested,  and  on  them  enjoined ;  but  we  do 


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nevertheless  reserve  to  Samuel  Abbot,  one  of  the  Sub- 
scribers, the  right  of  visiting,  in  connection  with  the  said 
Board,  and  during  his  natural  life,  the  said  Foundation ; 
and  we  do  moreover  confer  on  INIoses  Brown  and  Wil- 
liam Bartlet,  Esquires,  of  Newburyport,  and  the  Honor- 
able John  Norris,  Esquire,  of  Salem,  the  Associate  Found- 
ers, above  named,  the  right  of  visiting  the  said  Founda- 
tion in  the  same  manner  with  the  said  Samuel  Abbot, 
during  their  natural  lives  respectively ;  each  of  the  said 
four  Founders,  so  long  as  he  shall  retain  his  seat  at  the 
Board,  shall  possess  and  exercise  all  the  rights  and  pow- 
ers herein  given  to  a  Visitor  of  the  said  Foundation  ; 
though  upon  the  resignation  or  demise  of  either  of  the 
said  Founders,  his  place  shall  not  be  supplied  by  election 
of  a.  Visitor,  to  succeed  him  ;  and,  after  the  demise  or  re- 
signation of  the  said  four  persons  last  above  named,  as 
Founders,  the  said  Board  shall  never  consist  of  more  than 
three  members ;  and  it  is  farther  expressly  provided,  that 
the  perpetual  Board  of  Visitors,  first  herein  named,  shall 
consist  of  two  Clergymen  and  one  Layman,  all  of  whom 
shall  be  men  of  distinguished  talents  and  piety. 

Article  HI.  "We  do  farther  provide  and  ordain,  that  no 
person  shall  be  eligible,  as  a  Visitor,  under  the  age  of 
forty  years  ;  nor  shall  any  person,  except  the  seven  herein 
just  named,  hold  the  office  of  Visitor  after  the  age  of  sev- 
enty years ;  and  whenever,  with  the  exception  aforesaid, 
any  Visitor  shall  have  completed  the  sixty-ninth  year  of 
his  age,  the  Board  shall,  within  the  year  next  ensuing, 
choose  some  suitable  person  to  succeed  him ;  but  the  Vis- 
itor elect  shall  not  take  his  seat  at  the  Board,  before  his 
said  predecessor  shall  have  completed  his  seventieth  year, 
or  formally  resigned  his  office  of  Visitor  ;  and  no  resigna- 
tion of  any  member  at  an  earlier  age  shall  be  accepted  by 
this  Board,  before  a  successor  shall  have  been  chosen. 

Article  IV.  The  Board  of  Visitors  shall  meet  on  the 
seventeenth  day  of  May  current  at  A.ndover,  and  ever 
after  once  in  every  year  at  the  aforesaid  Theological  In- 


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stitution,  to  execute  the  business  of  their  appointment,  on 
such  day  as  they  shall  assign  ;  also  upon  emergencies, 
when  called  thereto,  as  hereinafter  directed;  and  a  major- 
ity of  the  Visitors,  when  regularly  convened,  shall  be  a 
quornra,  of  which  quorum  a  major  part  shall  have  power 
to  transact  the  business  of  their  commission ;  and,  in  case 
of  an  equivote,  the  question  shall  determine  on  that  side, 
on  which  the  presiding  member  shall  have  voted. 

Article  V.  There  shall  be  annually  chosen  by  ballot  a 
President"  and  Secretary,  as  Officers  of  the  Board,  out  of 
their  own  number;  who  shall  continue  in  their  respective 
offices,  till  their  places  be  supplied  by  new  elections ;  and, 
upon  the  decease  of  either  of  them,  another  shall  be  chosen 
in  his  room  at  the  next  meeting. 

Article  VL  The  President,  or  in  case  of  his  death,  resig- 
nation, or  absence  from  the  country,  the  Secretary  shall, 
upon  all  necessary  occasions,  call  special  meetings  of  the 
Board  ;  and  his  notifications  shall  express  the  business  to 
be  transacted  at  such  meetings,  and  be  given  as  early  as 
possible ;  and  in  the  absence  of  the  President,  at  any 
meeting,  the  Secretary  shall  preside. 

Article  VII.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  fair  record  of 
all  the  transactions  of  the  Visitors  at  every  meeting  of  the 
Board,  inserting  the  names  of  the  members  present;  and 
in  his  absence  another  shall  be  appointed  in  his  room. 

Article  VIII.  The  Visitors  ^shall  remove  any  member 
of  their  Board  for  immorality,  incapacity,  or  signal  ne- 
glect of  duty. 

Article  IX.  Upon  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal  of 
a  Visitor,  (except  only  upon  the  demise  or  resignation  of 
a  Founder),  the  Board  of  Visitors  shall  at  their  next  meet- 
ing, by  ballot  elect  another  in  his  stead ;  and  ever  after, 
from  time  to  time,  as  a  vacancy  shall  take  place  in  this 
Board,  they  shall  supply  it;  and  every  person  so  elected, 
previously  to  his  taking  his  seat  at  the  Board,  shall  make 
and  subscribe  the  following  Declaration,  namely  :  —  "  Ap- 
proving the  Constitution  of  the  aforesaid  Theological  In- 


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stitntion,  I  solemnly  declare,  in  the  presence  of  God  and 
of  this  Board,  that  I  will  faithfully  exert  my  abilities  to 
carry  into  execution  the  Regulations  therein  contained, 
and  to  promote  the  great  object  of  the  Institution  ;"  — 
And  he  shall  moreover  in  like  manner,  subscribe  the  same 
Theological  Ureed,  which  every  Professor  elect  is  rec|uired 
to  subscribe ;  and  a  declaration  of  his  faith  in  the  same 
Creed  shall  be  repeated  by  him  at  every  successive  period 
of  five  years ;  and  if,  in  the  course  of  events,  the  number 
of  Visitors  shall,  by  any  special  providence  of  God,  be  re- 
duced to  one,  the  remaining  Visitor  shall  have  power  to 
appoint  one  suitable  person  to  be  a  Visitor  of  the  said 
Foundation ;  and  these  two  Visitors  shall  at  their  first 
regular  meeting  supply  the  remaining  vacancy  in  the 
Board. 

Article  X.  The  power  and  duties  of  the  Board  of  Visit- 
ors thus  constituted  and  organized,  shall  be  as  follows, 
namely:  —  to  visit  the  said  Foundation  once  in  every 
year,  and  at  other  times,  when  regularly  called  thereto  ;  to 
iriquire  into  the  state  of  the  said  Fund,  and  the  manage- 
ment of  the  said  Foundation  with  respect  to  the  said  Pro- 
fessor ;  to  determine,  interpret,  and  explain  the  Statutes 
of  the  said  Foundation  in  all  cases,  brought  before  them 
in  their  judicial  capacity ;  to  redress  grievances  with  re- 
spect to  the  said  Professor;  to  hear  appeals  from  decisions 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  to  remedy  upon  complaint 
duly  exhibited  in  behalf  of  the  said  Professor ;  to  review 
and  reverse  any  censure  passed  by  said  Trustees  upon 
any  Professor  on  said  Foundation ;  to  declare  void  all 
Rules  and  Regulations  made  by  the  said  Trustees,  rela- 
tive to  said  Foundation,  which  may  be  inconsistent  with 
the  original  Statutes  thereof;  to  take  care  that  the  duties 
of  each  Professor  on  said  Foundation  be  intelligibly  and 
faithfully  discharged,  and  to  admonish  or  remove  him, 
either  for  misbehavior,  heterodoxy,  incapacity,  or  neglect 
of  the  duties  of  his  office ;  and  in  general  to  see  that  our 
true  intentions,  as  expressed  in  our  said  Constitution,  in 


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relation  to  said  Professor,  be  faithfully  executed ;  always 
administering  justice  impartially,  and  exercising  the  func- 
tions of  their  office  in  the  fear  of  God,  according  to  these 
Regulations,  the  provisions  of  the  said  Constitution,  and 
the  Laws  of  the  Land. 

Article  XL  Every  election  of  a  Professor  on  said  Foun- 
dation shall  within  ten  days  be  presented  to  the  Visitors ; 
who  are  hereby  vested  with  the  power  and  right  of  ap- 
proving or  negativing,  at  a  regular  meeting,  every  such 
election.  Bat  if  any  such  election  be  not  either  approved 
or  negatived  by  the  said  Visitors  within  twelve  months 
from  the  commencement  of  a  vacancy  in  said  Professor- 
ship ;  such  election  shall  be  considered,  as  approved  by 
the  Visitors,  and  shall  accordingly  be  deemed  constitu- 
tional and  valid  ;  provided  always,  that  such  election  shall 
have  been  regularly  communicated  to  the  President  or  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board  of  Visitors  ten  days  at  least  previously 
to  the  expiration  of  the  twelve  months  aforesaid. 

Article  XII.  The  Board  of  Visitors  in  all  their  proceed- 
ings are  to  be  subject  to  our  Statutes,  herein  expressed, 
and  to  those  contained  in  our  said  Constitution,  and  to 
conform  their  measures  accordingly;  and,  if  they  shall  at 
any  time  act  contrary  thereto,  or  exceed  the  limits  of  their 
jurisdiction  and  constitutional  power,  the  party  aggrieved 
may  have  recourse  by  appeal  to  the  Justices  of  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court  of  this  Commonwealth  for  the  time 
being,  for  remedy ;  who  are  hereby  appointed  and  author- 
ized to  judge  in  such  case ;  and,  agreeably  to  the  determi- 
nation of  the  major  part  of  them,  to  declare  null  and  void 
any  decree  or  sentence  of  the  said  Visitors,  which  upon 
mature  consideration  they  may  deem  contrary  to  the  said 
Statutes,  or  beyond  the  just  limits  of  their  power,  herein 
prescribed;  and  by  the  said  Justices  of  the  Supreme  Judi- 
cial Court,  for  the  time  being,  shall  the  said  Board  of 
Visitors  at  all  times  be  subject  to  be  restrained  and  cor- 
rected in  the  undue  exercise  of  their  office. 

Article  XIII.  At  all  meetings  of  the  Visitors  decent  en- 


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tertainment  shall  be  made  by  direction  of  the  Board,  and 
at  the  expense  of  the  Foundation. 

Finally.  Commending  the  said  Institution,  and  all  con- 
cerned in  the  management  thereof,  to  the  blessing  of 
Heaven  ;  and  in  witness  of  what  is  contained  in  this  and 
the  seven  preceding  pages,  we  hereunto  set  our  hands  and 
seals,  this  third  day  of  May,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  eight. 

'"°"^'urrttro'fuir"^'  Samuel  Abbot,  (s.) 

Moses   Wood,  Phoebe  Phillips,        (s.) 

Amos  Blanchard.  John  Phillips,  Jun.  (s.) 


1§09  —  Aug.  22. 

ADDITIONAL  STATUTES 
OF  SAMUEL  ABBOT,  ESQ.,  MADAM  PHOEBE  PHILLIPS, 
AND  JOHN   PHILLIPS,  JUN.,  ESQ. 

Extract.  —  "  Upon  mature  deliberation,  and  after  some 
experience,  we  do  think  it  will  be  promotive  of  the  wel- 
fare of  the  Institution,  and  we  do  hereby  accordingly  ordain 
and  direct,  that  the  word  'eight'  in  said  Article  (Article 
twentieth),  be  altered  to  twelve." 

Seminary  Eecords,  page  72. 

1809  — Sept.  27. 

Extract.  —  "  "Whereas,  it  is  provided,  as  in  the  follow- 
ing words,  to  wit :  — '  and  also  the  right  of  appointing  in 
the  original  deed  or  gi-ant,  for  the  term  of  his  life,  such  local 
Visitor  or  Visitors,  as  he  may  think  proper,'  etc.,  we  do 
now,  conceiving  that  said  clause  does  not  with  sufficient 
clearness  express  our  true  intent  and  meaning,  direct  that 
said  clause  be  so  altered  as  to  read  as  follows,  viz. :  — '  and 
also  the  right  for  the  term  of  his  life,  of  appointing  in  the 

16 


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the  original  deed  or  grant,  such  local  Visitor  or  Visitors, 
as  he  may  think  proper,'"  etc. 

Seminary  Records,  page  75. 

Note.  The  preceding  Constitution  and  Statutes  of  the 
Theological  Seminary,  as  established  by  the  Founders, 
Samuel  Abbot,  Esq.,  and  Madam  Phillips,  and  John  Phil- 
lips, Esq.,  were  all  composed  by  Mr.  Abbot's  Privy  Coun- 
cil, as  he  termed  it,  in  confeience  with  himself,  sentence 
by  sentence,  as  were  also  his  several  Wills  devising  Lega- 
cies to  the  Institution. 

Tills  council  consisted  of  J):  E.  Pearson,  Rev.  Jonathan 
French,  and  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  and  from  the  com- 
mencement of  Mr.  Abbot's  elibrts  to  establish  an  Institu- 
tion here,  no  important  step  in  the  disposal  of  his  property 
was  ever  taken  without  full  consultation  with  them. 
Both  in  the  Statutes  of  the  Theological  and  Associate 
Foundation  whatever  relates  to  the  Visitatorial  System, 
was  drafted  by  Mr.  Farrar  mainly. 


1§1>8  — Sept.  1,  etseq. 

DONATIONS  FOR  TFIE  PURCHASE  OF  BOOKS  FOR 
THE   LIBRARY. 

Newburyport,  Sept.  1,  1808.  For  the  purpose  of  fur- 
nishing a  large  and  well  adapted  Library  for  the  iise  of 
the  Theological  Institution  in  Andover,  we  the  Subscrib- 
ers, give  the  sums  of  money  severally  affixed  to  our  names  ; 
and  we  hereby  constitute  Dr.  Eliphalet  Pearson,  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Spring,  and  the  Rev.  Leonard  Woods,  as  Agents,  to 
lay  out  the  money  here  subscribed,  according  to  their  best 
judgment.  And  it  is  moreover  our  express  declaration, 
that  the  n)oney  here  subscribed,  is  given  upon  the  same 
principle,  on  which  the  Funds  of  the  Associate  Founda- 
tion were  committed  to  the  Trustees  of  Andover  Acade- 


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my,  that  is  to  say  —  in  case  the  union,  contemplated  by  the 
Associate  Founders,  and  specilied  in  their  Statutes,  shall 
not  be  made  permanent,  the  Books  purchased  by  our  sub- 
scriptions shall  forever  belong  to  the  Associate  Foundation, 
and  be  used  according  to  the  Statutes  thereof. 

Moses  Brown,  $1,000,00 

John  Norris,  1,000,00 

Stephen  Holland,  500,00 


$2,500,00 

Sept.  27,  1808.  —  Voted,  to  accept  the 
above-mentioned  donations,  and  other  dona- 
tions made  on  the  same  princi|:»les. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  55,  56. 

t\.ug.  5,  1811.  —  Received  of  His  Honor 
William  Gray,  333,50 

Thco.  Journal,  page  12. 

May  G,  1812.  — Received  of  Dea.  Isaac 
Tichenor,  20,00 


Theo.  Ledger,  jiagc  27,  and  Journal,  pagef?  114,  125. 


$2,853,50 


124 


1§09  — Jan.  2,  et  seq. 

PROPOSAL  OF  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ.,  TO  BUILD 
A  HOUSE. 

Newburyport,  January  2,  1809. 
Samuel  Farrar,  Esq., 
Dear  Sir, 
I  have  concluded  to  build  a  House  at  Andover;  and  as 
it  is  time  to  have  the  bricks  in  preparation,  I  wish  you  to 
make  inquiry  how  they  can  be  procured,  and  at  what  price. 
I  also  wish  to   know  how  you  progress  in  your  inquiries 
after  the  place  where  to  set  the  House.     I  will  thank  you 
to  write  me  by  mail,  if  no  direct  opportunity  offers.     I 
hope  we   shall   obtain   Doctor   Griffin.     My  respects  to 
Madam  Phillips. 

I  am.  Sir,  with  much  respect. 

Your  friend  and  humble  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
See  Eile  o*  Letters  and  "Wills. 


Newburyport,  July  7,  1809. 
Samuel  Farrar,  Esq., 
Dear  Sir, 
Your  favor  of  yesterday  T  have  received.     I  expect  to 
be  at  Andover  on  Tuesday  next  by  eleven  o'clock.    If  you 
can  make  it  convenient,  I  shall  be  glad  to  see  you,  to  make 
the   arrangement  for  the   Land  for  Dr.  Griffin's   House. 
Dr.  G.  wishes  to  have  the  lot  as  wide  in  the  rear  as  in 
front ;  if  it  can  be  done  it  would  suit  me  better,  as  I  wish 
to  please  him,  etc. 

I  am,  dear  Sir, 

Yours  with  respect, 

William  Bartlet. 


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In  accordance  with  Mr.  Bartlet's  application  for  a  Lot 
of  Land  on  which  to  erect  the  House  above  referred  to, 
the  Trustees,  by  their  vote  June  21,  1809,  "  for  the  consid- 
eration of  $100,  per  acre,"  appropriated  the  lot  on  which  the 
house,  usually  called  the  President's  House,  now  stands, 
containing  about  three  acres:  Mr.  BarMet  having,  at  his 
own  expense,  erected  this  dwelling  house  and  the  adjoin- 
ing buildings,  reconveyed  the  premises  to  the  Trustees 
for  the  general  purposes  of  the  Seminary,  by  his  deed 
dated  May  8,  1818 ;  being  Deed  No.  39  on  file. 

See  Academy  Records,  paires  288,  289  —  also,  Academy  Ledger,  p.  124. 


1§©0  —  Sept.  27. 

TENDER  OF  BUILDINGS  BY  MADAM  PHCEBE  PHILLIPS, 
AND  JOHN  PHILLIPS,  ESQ. 

Andovcr,  Sept.  27,  1809. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  — 

The  undersigned  embrace  this  opportunity  to  offer 
to  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  for  their  acceptance,  the  two  buildings 
which  they  have  erected  for  the  use  of  the  Theological  In- 
stitution in  this  place,  namely  —  the  Brick  Building,  con- 
taining rooms  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Students  in 
Divinity,  a  Chapel,  and  Library  ;  also,  the  Wooden  Build- 
ing, containing  a  Dining  Hall  forthe  Students,  and  accom- 
modations for  the  Steward  and  his  family,  with  the  Barn 
and  Out  Buildings  appertaining  to  both. 

While  the  undersigned  review  with  grateful  remem- 
brance, the  faithful  and  pious  care,  with  which  the  inter- 
ests of  the  Literary  Institution  founded  in  this  place,  have 
been  guarded  by  the  Trustees  ever  since  its  establishment; 
they  cherish,  with  confidence  and  gratitude,  the  animat- 
ing idea,  that  this  new  Institution,  devoted  to  the  cause 


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of  God  and  of  Religion,  will  enjoy  their  generous  and 
faithful  patronage,  accompanied  with  constant  prayers  to 
Heaven  for  its  success. 

The  undersigned  embrace,  with  singular  pleasure,  this 
opportunity,  on  their  own  part,  and  in  behalf  of  every 
friend  of  virtue  and  religion,  to  tender  their  most  grateful 
acknowledgments  to  this  Honorable  and  Reverend  Board, 
for  the  unlimited  dedication  which  they  have  made  of 
their  talents  and  patronage  to  promote  the  interests  of 
learning  and  religion  in  Phillips  Academy,  and  ardently 
pray,  that  the  Trustees  may  receive  the  rewards  of  the 
faithful,  both  in  this  and  in  a  better  world. 

We  are.  Gentlemen,  with  sentiments  of 

Gratitude  and  respect,  your  humble  Servants, 

Phcebk   Phillips, 
John   Phillips,  Jun. 

The  Honorable  John  Phillips,  Jun.,  Esq.,  having  in  his 
own  behalf  and  in  behalf  of  his  honored  Mother,  Madam 
Phoebe  Phillips,  informed  this  Board  that,  agreeably  to 
permission  heretofore  granted  by  the  same,  they  have 
erected,  on  land  belonging  to  Phillips  Academy,  a  Brick 
Building  ninety  feet  long,  forty  feet  wide,  and  four  stories 
high,  (with  a  cellar  under  the  same),  containing,  besides  a 
Chapel  and  an  apartment  for  a  Library,  twenty-nine 
Lodging  Rooms,  and  tendered  the  same  for  acceptance:  — 
whereupon, 

Voted,  that  in  conformity  to  a  vote  of  this  Board,  pass- 
ed, December  31,  1807,  we  do  hereby  accept  the  above 
described  building  in  full  discharge  of  their  contract  to 
erect  tvvo  separate  buildings,  described  in  the  Constitu- 
tion of  the  Theological  Seminary  ;  and  we  do  hereby  re- 
newedly  engage  to  appropriate  said  building  to  the  pur- 
poses and  uses  described  in  said  Constitution. 

The  Hon.  John  Phillips,  Jun,,  Esq.,  having  also  tender- 
ed to  the  acceptance  of  this  Board,  a  Wooden  Building, 
near  the  aforesaid  brick  buildings  calculated  and  intended 


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for  the  accommodation  of  a  Steward  and  his  family,  con- 
taining, in  addition  to  a  Hall  forty  feet  by  twenty,  a 
Kitchen  and  five  Chambers,  together  with  a  Barn  forty 
feet  by  twenty-five,  and  a  contiguous  Wood  house  fifty 
feet  by  eighteen,  gratuitously  erected  by  himself  and  his 
honored  Mother  ;  — 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  returned  to 
Madam  Phoebe  Phillips,  and  her  Son,  the  Hon.  John  Phil- 
lips, Jun.,  Esq.,  for  this  additional  instance  of  their  pious 
liberality,  with  the  assurance,  that  the  said  Buildings  shall 
be  appropriated  to  the  objects  designated  by  the  Donors. 

Voted,  that  the  Clerk  present  to  Madam  Phillips,  and 
her  Son,  each,  an  attested  copy  of  the  preceding  votes. 

Seminary  Kecords,  pages  75,  76,  77. 

Phillips  Hall  is  supposed  to  have  cost  about  ^16,000  ;  — 
Steward's  House  and  Out  Buildings,  about  $3,000. 

Academy  Ledger,  page  124. 

In  the  Steward's  House,  Commons  were  opened  in 
1809,  and  continued  until  1846,  when  the  whole  arrange- 
ment was  abandoned. 


1809  —  Sept.  27,  et  seoj. 

CONTRIBUTIONS  FOE,  FURNISHING  PHILLIPS  HALL 
AND  THE   STEWARD'S  HOUSE. 

Received  of  Madam  Phoebe  Phillips,  Madam  Sarah 
Abbot,  Madam  Hannah  Bartlet,  Madam  Brown,  and 
Madam  Mary  Norris,  $1,750,00. 

Theo.  Ledger  page  26  —  Journal,  pages  3,  12,  14. 
Seminary  Records,  page  77. 


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CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  THE   SUPPORT  OF  STUDENTS. 

October  4,  et  seq.,  1809.  —  Received  of  Wil- 
liam Bartlet,  Esq.,  4,051,04 

Given  by  him  in  the  general  Contribution, 
(infra)  not  included,  $250  and  $250. 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  36. — Journal,  pages  4,  9,  12,  14,  17. 

November  6,  et  seq.,  1809.  —  Received   of 
Samuel  Abbot,  Esq.,  756,26 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  20. — Journal,  pages  3,  9,  12,  14,  18. 

November  28,  et  seq.,  1809.  —  Received  of 
Mrs.  Mary  Norris,  354,08 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  40. — Journal,  pages  5,  14. 

May  16,  et  seq.,  1810.  —  Received  of  Thom- 
as M.  Clark,  Esq.,  245,74 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  38. — Journal,  pages  .'5,  12,  14, 17. 

September  24,  et  seq.,  1811.  —  Received  of 
John  Pearson,  Esq.,  240,21 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  44. — Journal,  pages  14,  17. 

February  10,  et  seq.,  1812.  —  Received  of 
John  Pettingill,  Esq.,  447,97 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  46. — Journal,  pages  14,  17,  22. 

March  2,  et  seq.,  1812.  —  Received  of  Jona- 
than Marsh,  Esq.,  83,31 

Asso.  Ledger,  48. — Journal,  pages  14,  17. 

May  6,  et  seq.,  1812.  —  Received   of   His 
Honor  William  Phillips,  241,98 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  28. — Journal,  pages  14,  18. 
Four   successive   contributions   by    him   of 
$300  each  not  included  here,  but  in  general 
Contributions,  infra. 

$6,420,59 


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Amount  brought  forward,  $6,420,59 

September  23, 1812.  —  Received  by  the  hand 
of  John  Pearson,  (private  Subscription),  82,14 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  50. — Journal,  page  17. 

July  13,  1813.  —  Received  of  Samuel  Salis- 
bury, Esq.,  200,00 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  40. — Journal,  page  22. 

September  22,  1813.  —  Received  of  James 
Brown,  Esq.,  18,59 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  42. — Journal,  page  22. 


,721,32 


1811  —  lUaicIi  21. 

LEGACY  OF  MRS.  MARY  NORRIS. 

Extract  from  her  Will, 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  in  Andover,  the  capital  sum  of  Thirty  Thou- 
sand dollars  for  the  purpose,  and  to  the  use  and  benefit  of 
the  Theological  Institution,  otherwise  called  the  Divinity 
College,  at  Andover  aforesaid,  upon  the  special  trust  and 
confidence  that  the  said  Trustees  shall  and  will  permit  the 
persons  who  now  constitute  the  said  Theological  Institu- 
tion, and  their  Associates,  or  the  Trustees,  or  Committee 
appointed  by  the  said  persons  and  their  associates,  to  re- 
ceive all  the  interest  and  income  of  the  said  capital  sum ; 
and  that  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  shall  and 
will  manage,  dispose  of,  invest,  transfer,  and  assign  the  said 
capital  sum  in  such  manner  as  the  said  Persons  and  Asso- 
ciates of  the  Theological  Institution,  or  their  Trustees,  or 
Committee  duly  authorized,  shall  direct  and  require. 

And  it  is  my  express  direction  and  request,  that  this  be- 

17 


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quest  shall  enure  particularly  and  exclusively  (so  far  as 
may  be  consistent  with  the  Constitution  of  the  said  Asso- 
ciates), to  that  part  of  said  Institution  commonly  called 
the  Associate  Foundation,  to  which  my  late  husband, 
John  Norris,  made  his  donation. 
Will  dated  March  21,  1811. 

See  Eecorcls  of  Wills,  etc.,  page  1. 

The  payment  of  this  Legacy  was  opposed,  and  a  suit 
was  brought  to  enforcie  payment,  in  which  the  Trustees 
prevailed. 

See  Trustees  of  riiillips  Academy  vs.  King,  12  Mass.  Eep.  546. 

The  expenses  of  this  Law  Suit  amounted  to  $2,481,80> 
when  paid.  May  2,  1815.  The  amount  of  this  Legacy 
was  added  to  the  Associate  Fund. 

Asso.  Ledger,  pages  1,  42. — Journal,  page  13,  etc. 


1§12  — Jan.  22. 

APPLICATION   FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  ACT. 

Voted,  that  an  application  to  the  General  Court  for  an 
enlargement  of  the  power  of  this  Board  to  hold  Funds  be 
presented. 

Voted,  that  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  be  a  Committee  to 
prepare,  subscribe,  and  present  a  petition  to  the  General 
Court,  in  behalf  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
praying  that  they  may  be  authorized  to  hold  larger  Funds, 
for  the  purpose  of  farthering  the  designs  of  the  Founders 
and  Benefactors  of  the  Academy  and  Theological  Institu- 
tion. 

Seminary  Records,  page  108. 


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1§  12  — Aprs 3  2'?. 
DONATION  BY  SAMUEL  ABBOT,  ESQ. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  April  27,  1812,  an  appli- 
cation was  made  from  Samuel  Abbot,  Esq.,  for  the  ap- 
propriation of  a  Lot  of  Land  for  the  use  of  his  Founda- 
tion in  the  Theological  Institution  ;  and  the  Trustees  ap- 
propriated for  that  purpore,  a  Lot  containing  about  three 
acres,  for  the  consideration  of  ^200  per  acre,  on  which 
after  the  Mr.  Abbot's  death,  pursuant  to  power  for  that 
purpose  ill  a  Codicil  to  his  Will,  the  Abbot  Professor's 
House,  with  the  adjoining  buildings,  was  erected  by 
the  Trustees  with  funds  received  from  his  Executor ; 
cost  $7,737,57. 

See  Sem.  Records,  pages  110,  122.  —  Thco.  Ledger,  page  35. 


1§14  — Sept.  28,  et.  seq. 

GENERAL  CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  THE  SUPPORT  OF 
STUDENTS. 

Received  of  Daniel  Waldo,  Esq.,  William  Bartlet,  Esq., 

Hon.  William  Eeed,  His  Honor  William  Phillips,  and 

some  hundreds  of  other  friends,  $10,426,97. 

Thco.  Ledger,  pages  36,  102.— Journal,  pages  31,  32,  33,  40,  41,  52.  68,  96, 
103,  133,  155,  177,  203,  222,  244,  265,  341. 

Besides  the  amount  stated  in  the  above  Contribution, 
and  in  the  sums  specified  elsewhere,  as  received  from  dif- 
ferent individuals,  various  contributions  have  at  different 
periods  been  made  by  persons  in  Boston  and  elsewhere, 
for  the  purpose  of  aiding  Indigent  Students;  and  these 
aids  continue  now,  to  a  considerable  extent,  to  be  furnish- 
ed in  money,  clothing,  etc. ;  but  as  the  needy  Students  are 


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reached  in  this  way  though  the  Professors  in  the  Semi- 
nary and  the  Teachers  in  the  Academy,  or  through  indi- 
vidual members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  not  through 
our  Treasury,  the  amount  cannot  be  stated. 


1814  — Feb.  16. 

ACT  ENLARGING  POWER  OF  TRUSTEES  TO  HOLD 
FUNDS. 

COMMONWEALTH   OF  MASSACHUSETTS. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fourteen : 

An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act,  entitled  "  An  Act  in  addi- 
tion to  an  Act,  entitled  an  Act  to  incorporate  the  Trus- 
tees of  Phillips  Academy  in  And  over." 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa- 
tives in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of 
the  same:  —  that  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  be, 
and  they  are  hereby  empowered  to  receive,  purchase,  and 
hold,  by  gift,  grant,  devise,  or  otherwise,  for  the  farther 
endowment  of  a  Theological  Institution,  or  Department, 
and  in  furtherance  of  the  design  of  the  pious  Founders 
and  Benefactors  of  said  Academy,  personal  estate,  the  an- 
nual income  whereof  shall  not  exceed  Twenty  Thousand 
dollars,  in  addition  to  what  tliey  are  now  allowed  by  law 
to  hold :  Provided  the  income  of  said  estate  be  always 
applied  to  the  objects  agreeably  to  the  will  of  the  Donors: 
Provided  also,  that  this  act  shall  not  entitle  said  Trustees  to 
recover  or  receive  any  bequests  or  donations  heretofore 
made,  unless  they  were  authorized  to  receive  and  hold  the 
same,  before  the  passing  of  this  act:  Provided  that  no  Stu- 
dent belonging  to  the  said  Institution,  sustaining  a  fair  mor- 
al character,  shall  be  deprived  of  any  privileges  of  said  Insti- 
tution, or  be  subjected  to  the  forfeiture  of  any  aid,  which  has 


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been  granted  by  said  Institution,  for  the  purpose  of  enabling 
him  to  prosecute  his  studies,  or  be  denied  the  usual  Tes- 
timonial on  closing  his  studies,  on  the  ground  that  his 
Interpretations  of  the  Scriptures  differ  from  those  which 
are  contained,  or  may  hereafter  be  contained,  in  the  Arti- 
cles of  Faith  adopted  by  said  Institution. 

In  the  House  of  Representatives,  Feb.  11,  A.  D.  1814. 
This  Bill  having  had  three  several  readings,  passed  to  be 
enacted. 

Timothy  Bigelow,   Speaker. 

In  the  Senate,  Feb.  15,  1814.  This  Bill  having  had 
two  several  readings  passed  to  be  enacted. 

John  Phillips,  President. 

February  16,  1814.     Approved, 

CALEB  STRONG. 

Secretary's  Office,  May,  1814.     A  true  copy. 
Attest,  Alden  Bradford, 

Sec'y  Commonioealth. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  124,  125. 


1§15  — Sept.  27. 

CONVEYANCE  BY  SAMUEL  FARllAR,  ESQ. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I,  Samuel  Farrar, 
of  Andover,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  do  hereby  give,  assign,  transfer,  and  set 
over  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  sundry  Certifi- 
cates of  United  States  Stock,  Private  Bonds  and  Notes, 
Bank  Stock,  Massachusetts  State  Notes,  and  other  securi- 
ties and  Cash,  a  schedule  whereof  is  annexed,  amounting  in 
the  whole  to  Seventy-Five  Thousand  dollars,  in  sacred 
trust,  to  be  appropriated  to  the  same  purposes,  that  the 
late  Samuel  Samuel  Abbot,  Esq.,  has  directed  that  part  of 


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his  estate  to  be  applied  to,  which  is  given  to  said  Trustees 
in  and  by  his  last  Will  and  Testament. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal  this  Twenty  seventh  day  of 
September,  Anno  Domini  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  fifteen. 

Signed,  sealod,  und  Delivered 
in  presence  of  us, 

Thomas  Folsom,  Samuel  Farkar,   (s.) 

Louisa  Folsom. 

Essex  ss. 

Sept.  28,  1815.  Then  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  above 
named,  acknowledged  the  above  written  Instrument  to  be 
his  free  act  and  deed.     Before 

John  Phillips,  Just.  Pads. 
Whereupon, 

Voted,  that  this  Board  do  accept  the  same,  to  hold  for 
the  purposes  expressed  in  the  said  Deed  of  transfer. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  143, 144. 


1§16  — Aug.  29. 

DONATION  BY  HENRY  GRAY,  ESQ. 

Received  of  him  for  the  benefit  of  the  Library, 
$3,000,00. 

Thco.  Journal,  page  52.  —  Asso.  Journal,  page  38. 

This  Donation  was  confirmed  by  his  Deed  of  Gift, 
May  25,  1817,  as  follows  :  — 

Seriously  considering  the  importance  of  a  well  endow- 
ed Library  for  the  Theological  Institution  at  Andover, 
and  of  having  a  permanent  fund  for  the  yearly  increase  of 
the  same  —  I,  Henry  Gray,  of  Dorchester,  Esquire,  of  the 
County  of  Norfolic,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts, 
do  hereby  give,  assign,  and  set  over  to  the  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  and  to  their  successors  in  office,  the 
sum  of  Three  Thousand  dollars,  in  sacred  trust,  as  a  capital 


ioo 

Fund,  to  be  disposed  of  in  the  manner,  and  for  the  purposes 
following,  viz  :  —  the  said  sum  of  money  to  be  kept  out 
at  interest,  on  good  security,  or  otherwise  in  whole  or  in 
part  vested,  as  the  said  Trustees  shall  deem  best,  in  pro- 
ductive real  estate,  or  in  sure  and  permanent  Funds ;  and 
the  interest  or  annual  income  of  said  capital  Fund  to  be 
applied  to  the  purpose  of  purchasing  valuable  Books, 
which  may  be  needful  in  the  various  departments  of  The- 
ology, which  are  taught  in  the  Theological  Institution, 
and  of  repairing  the  injuries  which  the  books  that  belong 
to  the  Library  from  time  to  time,  may  experience  from 
use  or  accident. 

And  to  preclude  all  mistake  as  to  my  intention  with 
respect  to  the  disposal  of  this  my  Capital  Fund,  with  the 
interest  thereof,  I  do  hereby  declare  it  to  be  my  intention 
to  place  the  Fund  in  the  hands  of  said  Trustees,  in 
the  same  manner,  and  subject  to  the  same  power  of  the 
Visitors  of  said  Theological  Institution,  as  the  Associate 
Funds,  so  called,  are  by  the  Constitution  of  said  Semi- 
nary placed  and  subjected,  only  provided,  that  the  inter- 
est of  the  said  Fund  of  three  thousand  dollars,  shall  be 
appropriated  in  the  manner  here  above  specified. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  this  twenty-fifth  day  of  September,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventeen. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered, 
in  presence  of  us, 

E.  Porter,  Henry  Gray,  (s.) 

MosES   Stuart. 

See  Records  of  Wills,  page  20. 

Voted,  that  the  donation  of  Henry  Gray,  Esq.,  contain- 
ed in  the  preceding  Instrument  be  accepted,  and  that  this 
Board  return  him  their  thanks  for  his  generosity. 

Seminary  Records,  page  161. 


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1§16  — Sept.  25. 

UNION  OF  THE  THEOLOGICAL  INSTITUTION  AND 
ASSOCIATE  FOUNDATION. 

The  following  communication  was  received  from  the 
Visitors,  viz. :  — 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  in  Andover,  Sept.  25,  1816  —  whereas  by 
the  twenty-eighth  Article  of  the  Statutes  of  the  Associate 
Founders  of  said  Institution  it  is  provided,  that,  if  after 
an  experiment  of  seven  years  the  Board  of  Visitors  and 
the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  are  well  satisfied 
with  the  safety  and  expediency  of  the  Visitatorial  system, 
and  that  a  perpetual  coalition  is  important  and  desirable ;  — 
Union  shall  be  established  upon  Visitatorial  principles,  to 
continue  forever :  —  Voted,  that  the  Board  of  Visitors  are 
well  satisfied  w4th  said  system,  and  that  a  perpetual  coa- 
lition upon  said  principles  is,  in  their  opinion,  impor- 
tant and  desirable,  and  that  the  concurrence  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  herein  be  requested. 

Samuel  Spring,   Sec'ry. 

Whereupon,  Voted,  that  this  Board  are  well  satisfied 
with  the  safety  and  expediency  of  said  system,  and  that 
a  perpetual  union  is  important  and  desirable,  and  they  do 
concur  with  the  request  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  and  de- 
clare that  the  perpetual  union  contemplated  by  the  Steit- 
utes  is  established. 

Seminary  Eecords,  pages  148,  149. 


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1817 —Jan.  29,  et  sea. 

PROPOSAL  OF  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ.,  TO  ERECT 
A  CHAPEL. 

Newburyport,  January  29,  1817. 
Samuel  Farrar,  Esq., 

Dear  Sir,  • 

I  gave  encouragement  that  I  would  give  Five  Thou- 
sand dollars  toward  building  a  Chapel,  in  hopes  that 
some  gentleman  would  come  forward  and  give  enough 
more  as  to  complete  such  a  building,  but  hearing  nothing 
being  done  I  conclude  it  labors.  As  such  a  building  is 
much  wanted,  and  the  season  is  coming  on  to  procure 
materials,  I  now  wish  that  it  might  proceed ;  T  therefore 
am  ready  to  fulfil  what  I  proposed,  etc. 
I  am.  Sir  with  much  respect, 
Your  humble  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
Sec  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


Newbur)'-port,  Feb'ry  10,  1817. 

In  conversation  with  Dr.  Spring  and  Mr.  Stuart,  it  was 
agreed  by  them  both,  that  a  Chapel  of  the  following  di- 
mensions would  be  adequate  to  all  the  purposes  of  the 
Seminary,  in  case  it  should  be  as  large  as  Cambridge 
University,  or  Yale  College,  viz.:  —  Length  sixty-five  feet, 
fifty  feet  wide,  and  three  stories  high,  which  stories  shall  be 
such  as  to  bring  it  to  the  proper  height  for  symmetry  with 
the  Colleges ;  to  be  placed  so  as  to  project  in  front  suffi- 
ciently to  break  the  line  of  uniform  appearance  and  pre- 
serve symmetry  ;  making,  according  to  present  calcula- 
tions, a  room  for  public  worship  of  twenty-two  hundred 
fifty  square  feet,  with  a  Gallery,  which  will  contain  seven 

18 


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hundred  or  eight  hundred  persons,  a  Library  Room  over  it  of 
the  same  dimensions,  and  three  public  Lecture  Rooms,  each 
with  allowance  for  passage  way  deducted  eight  hundred 
twenty  square  feet,  or  enough  to  accommodate  a  class  of 
one  hundred  persons  with  proper  conveniences ;  with  the 
following  materials,  viz  :  — two  tier  of  hewn  stone  for  the 
underpinning ;  the  bricks  for  the  outside  work  to  be  the 
best  of  pressed  bricks ;  the  timber  of  the  building  to  be 
large  and  of  the  very  best  kind,  etc.,  etc. 

If  the  Trustees  shall  think  proper  to  proceed  in  the 
erection  of  such  a  building,  I  hereby  engage  to  accomplish 
the  above  specified  objects  ;  and  my  request  is  that  it  be 
done  without  any  delay,  that  the  workmen  be  forthwith 
engaged,  the  timber  obtained,  and  the  materials  collected 
without  any  loss  of  time  ;  and  the  Committee  for  building, 
which  may  be  appointed  by  the  Trustees,  are  requested  to 
call  on  me  from  time  to  time,  as  they  need  money  to  pro- 
ceed in  building,  according  to  the  arrangements  above 
made.  The  above  I  wish  might  be  put  forward  immedi- 
ately. 

I  remain,  with  much  respect, 

William  B^rtlet. 

A  communication  from  William  Bartlet,  Esq.,  propos- 
ing; the  erection  of  a  building  to  be  used  for  the  purposes 
of  a  Chapel,  Library,  and  Lecture  Rooms  for  the, Theo- 
logical Seminary,  and  making  a  generous  offer  towards 
effecting  that  object,  was  laid  before  the  Board ;  where- 
upon. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  be  given  to  Wil- 
liam Bartlet,  Esq.,  for  this  renewed  testimony  of  the  deep 
interest  which  he  takes  in  the  Institution  committed  to 
their  trust,  and  for  the  liberal  donation  which  he  offers  in 
furtherance  of  its  benevolent  and  pious  design;  that  in 
the  judgment  of  this  Board,  the  erection  of  the  proposed 
Edifice  would  greatly  contribute  to  the  accommodation 


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and  to  the  improvement  of  the  Institution,  and  that  they 
will  take  measures  without  delay,  for  carrying  into  effect 
the  proposal  now  laid  before  them. 

Sem.  Records,  page  157. 


1811'  — April  7. 
LEGACY  OF  MRS.  DINAH  HUNTINGTON. 

Extract  from  her  Will :  — 

"  I  will  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  the  Theologi- 
cal Institution  at  Andover,  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts, 
the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  dollars,  to  be  added  to  the  Funds 
of  said  Institution,  and  the  interest  or  avails  thereof  be  ap- 
pled  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  said  Institution." 

Dated,  April  7,  1817. 

Eccords  of  Wills,  page  27. 

This  Legacy  was  paid  March  27,  1823. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  153. 


1818  — May  8. 

DONATION  BY  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I,  William  Bart- 
let,  of  Newburyport,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  Esquire,  in  consideration  of 
one  dollar  to  me  paid  by  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acade- 
my, and  for  divers  other  good,  sufficient,  and  valuable 
considerations,  me  thereunto  moving,  the  receipt  whereof 
I  do  hereby  acknowledge,  have  bargained,  sold,  given, 
granted,  released,  conveyed,  and  confirmed ;  and  by  these 
presents  do  give,  grant,  bargain,  sell,  release,  convey,  and 
confirm  unto  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  and 
their  successors  in    office  forever,  the  following  describ- 


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ed  real  estate,  to  wit :  —  a  certain  Lot  of  Land  situated 
in  the  South  Parish,  in  the  Town  of  Andover,  in  said 
County  of  Essex,  near  to  Phillips  Academy,  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Common,  and  bounded  as  follows,  viz.:  —  be- 
ginning at  a  stake  and  stones  on  the  road  leading  by  the 
Mansion  House  of  the  late  Madam  Phillips,  to  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Edwards's  Meeting  House,  at  the  distance  of  twelve 
rods  and  thirteen  links  from  the  corner  of  the  Garden  of 
said  Mansion  ;  thence  running  south  seventy-four  and  an 
half  degrees  west,  forty-five  rods,  to  a  stake  and  stones 
by  a  cross  wall  on  the  west  side  of  the  Grove;  thence 
northerly  as  said  wall  now  stands,  twelve  rods  and  eleven 
links,  to  a  stake  and  stones  ;  thence  east  fifteen  and  an  half 
degrees  north  on  a  line  parallel  to  its  opposite  side,  forty- 
two  and  an  half  rods,  to  a  stake  and  stones  by  the  above 
mentioned  road ;  thence  by  said  road  twelve  rods  and  thir- 
teen links  to  the  bound  first  above  mentioned,  containing 
three  acres  and  forty-nine  rods,  be  the  same  more  or  less, 
together  with  all  the  buildings  thereon  standing ;  the  above 
described  parcel  of  Land  being  the  same  that  was  con- 
veyed to  me  by  said  Trustees,  by  deed  dated  July  28, 
A.  D.  1809. 

Also,  another  tract  of  Land  situated  in  said  South 
Parish  of  Andover  aforesaid,  on  the  westerly  side  of  the 
Essex  Turnpike,  and  bounded  and  described  as  follows, 
viz.:  —  beginning  at  the  northeasterly  corner  at  a  stake 
and  stones,  thence  running  south  seventy-five  and  an  half 
degrees  west,  forty-five  and  an  half  rods  as  the  wall  now 
stands,  to  a  stake  and  stones ;  thence  south  eighteen  de- 
grees east  about  thirty  rods  and  eight  tenths  of  a  rod,  as  the 
wall  now  stands,  to  a  stake  and  stones ;  thence  north  fifty 
degrees  east  eleven  rods ;  north  fifty-eight  and  an  half  de- 
grees east  eleven  and  an  half  rods ;  north  forty-seven  de- 
grees east,  five  rods  and  four-tenths  of  a  rod ;  north  nine 
degrees  west  one  rod  and  seven-tenths  of  a  rod ;  north 
sixty-five  degrees  east  eighteen  rods  and  four-tenths  of  a 
rod,  to  a  stake  and  stones  by  the  Essex  Turnpike  afore- 


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said ;  thence  north  sixteen  degrees  west  bounding  on  said 
Turnpike  fourteen  rods  and  three  quarters,  to  the  bound 
first  mentioned,  containing  six  acres  and  twenty-three 
rods,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  together  with  all  the  build- 
ings thereon  standing;  the  last  described  tract  of  land 
being  the  same  whicb  was  conveyed  to  me  by  Madam 
Phoebe  Phillips,  by  deed  dated  May  8,  A.  D.  1810. 

Also,  another  certain  tract  of  Land  situated  in  said 
South  Parish,  in  Andover  aforesaid,  containing  about  six 
acres  and  eighty-four  rods,  be  the  same  more  or  less,  and 
bounded  as  follows,  viz.:  —  beginning  at  the  southeasterly 
corner,  at  a  white  oak  tree,  a  bound  of  land  lately  be- 
longing to  Madam  Phoebe  Phillips ;  thence  south  sixty 
and  an  half  degrees  west,  fifty  rods  and  four-tenths  of  a 
rod,  as  the  wall  now  stands,  bounding  on  land  lately  the 
property  of  Madam  Phillips,  to  a  white  ash  tree,  a  bound 
of  Thomas  Manning's  land  ;  thence  north  twenty-one  de- 
grees west,  three  rods  and  two-tenths  of  a  rod,  to  a  stake 
and  stones ;  and  south  fifty-seven  and  an  half  degrees 
west,  twenty-one  rods  and  six-tenths  of  a  rod,  to  a  stake 
and  stones  ;  and  north  fifteen  degrees  west,  twelve  rods  and 
nine-tenths  of  a  rod,  to  a  stake  and  stones,  bounding  on  land 
of  the  said  Thomas  Manning;  thence  north  fifty-nine  and 
an  half  degrees  east,  seventy-one  rods  and  seven-tenths 
of  a  rod,  bounding  on  land  belonging  to  said  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  as  the  wall  now  stands,  to  a  stake  and 
stones ;  thence  south  seventeen  degrees  east,  sixteen  rods 
and  two-tenths  of  a  rod,  bounding  on  land  lately  of  Mad- 
am Phillips,  as  the  wall  now  stands,  to  the  bound  first 
mentioned  ;  the  last  described  tract  of  land  being  the  same 
that  was  conveyed  to  me  by  Benjamin  Goldsmith  and 
wife,  by  deed  dated  the  13th  of  November,  A.  D.  1809. 

Also,  one  other  parcel  of  land,  situated  in  said  South 
Parish  of  Andover,  which  I  bought  of  Capt.  Isaac  Blunt, 
containing  thirty-six  rods  and  one  quarter  of  a  rod,  be  the 
same  more  or  less,  as  described  in  said  Blunt's  deed  to 
me,  dated  August  29,  A.  D.  1809. 


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Also,  the  new  Chapel,  which  I  have  lately  erected  for 
the  use  of  the  Theological  Institution,  in  said  South  Par- 
ish, in  Andover,  on  land  belonging  to  the  said  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  near  to  Phillips  Hall,  or  to  the  said 
Institution;  together  with  all  additions  and  improvements 
I  may  make  in  and  about  said  Chapel,  by  elegantly 
and  completely  finishing  the  same. 

To  have  and  to  hold  the  same  above  described  parcels 
of  real  estate  and  Chapel  aforesaid,  with  all  the  privileges 
and  appurtenances  to  the  same  severally  appertaining  and 
belonging  to  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  and 
to  their  successors  in  office  forever,  upon  this  special  trust 
and  confidence,  and  for  no  other  purpose  whatever,  that  is  to 
say —that  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  their 
successors  in  office  forever,  shall  and  will  from  henceforth 
and  forever  permit  the  Professors,  Visitors,  and  Students  of 
the  Theological  Institution  in  said  South  Parish,  in  An- 
dover. and  their  successors,  to  use,  improve,  and  occupy 
the  above  described  premises,  agreeably  to  the  spirit  and 
Statutes  of  the  said  Theological  Institution,  in  the  best 
manner  to  promote  the  sacred  interests  of  the  said  Semi- 
nary. And  I,  the  said  William  Bartlet,  trusting,  with 
great  diffidence,  in  the  correctness  of  my  motives,  hope 
that  I  am  sincerely  aiming  at  the  glory  of  God,  and  the 
prosperity  of  Christ's  Kingdom,  by  the  appropriation  of  a 
certain  part  of  my  property  for  the  important  purposes 
above  specified  in  this  Instrument ;  and  I  do  hereby  for 
myself,  my  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  covenant, 
and  grant  to  and  with  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy and  their  successors  in  office,  that  they  shall  quietly 
and  peaceably  have  and  hold  the  above  granted  and  re- 
leased premises  in  trust  and  confidence  as  aforesaid,  with- 
out any  lawful  hinderance  from  me  or  my  heirs;  and  that 
I  and  my  heirs  will  warrant  and  defend  the  same  to 
them  the  said  Trustees  and  their  successors  in  office  for- 
ever, for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  against  the  lawful  claims 
and  demands  of  all  persons. 


143 

In  testimony  whereof,  I,  the  said  William  Bartlet,  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  this  eighth  day  of  May, 
in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
eighteen. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered, 
la  presence  of  us, 

Geo.  Jenkins,  William  Bartlet.  (s.) 

Jeremiah  P.  Tappan. 

Essex  ss. 

Newburyport,  May  13,  1818.  —  Then  William  Bartlet, 
Esq.,  above  named,  personally  acknowledged  the  above 
written  Instrument  by  him  sealed,  to  be  his  act  and  deed. 
Before  me, 

William  Woart,  Just.  Pads. 

See  File  of  Deeds,  No.  39. 

The  Lands  and  Buildings  conveyed  in  the  second 
clause  of  the  above  Deed,  occupied  by  the  Associate  Pro- 
fessor, are  supposed  to  have  cost  about  $8,000. 

See  Academy  Ledger,  page  124. 


181§  — Sept.  15. 

TENDER  OF  NEW  CHAPEL  AS  COMPLETED  AND 
FINISHED  BY  AVILLIAM  BAllTLET,  ESQ. 

Newburyport,  Sept.  15,  1818. 

The  Honorable  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  An- 
dover  — 

Gentlemen, 

The  Author  of  all  our  mercies,  and  by  whose  providence 
we  are  upheld  in  life,  has  ordained,  that  a  House  should 
be  built  in  addition  to  those  already  built  at  Andover,  for 
the  sole  use  and  benefit  of  the  Theological  Seminary  estab- 
lished there ;  and  application  being  made  to  your  Plonorable 
Board,  that  such  a  house  might  be  built,  which  was  read- 


144 

ily  granted.  This  being  done,  the  foundation  was  laid, 
the  walls  built,  its  covering  put  on,  the  ceilings  and  apart- 
ments finished,  the  furniture  put  into  its  place,  and  it  is 
now  offered  for  your  acceptance,  requesting  you  to  take 
it  under  your  care ;  desiring  that  it  may  receive  your  par- 
ticular attention ;  and  that  no  deviation  from  the  Consti- 
tution and  Statutes  of  the  original  Founders  of  that  The- 
ological Institution  may  take  place.  That  your  hearts 
may  all  be  right  with  God,  and  that  your  successors  in 
office  may  possess  the  same  spirit,  is  the  desire  of  him 
who  offers  the  aforesaid  building,  and  requests  your  ac- 
ceptance of  the  same,  as  said  before,  for  the  sole  purpose 
and  benefit  of  the  Theological  Institution  in  Andover. 
I  am.  Gentlemen, 

With  much  respect. 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
Sec  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 

Whereupon,  Voted,  that  the  Trustees  gratefully  ac- 
knowledging this  renewed  instance  of  the  liberality  of  this 
distinguished  Founder  and  Benefactor,  in  the  erection  of 
an  elegant  and  capacious  edifice  for  the  purposes  of  a 
Chapel,  Library,  and  Lecture  Rooms,  for  the  Theological 
Seminary,  and  richly  furnishing  the  same,  do  respectfully, 
and  with  great  sensibility  accept  the  generous  donation, 
pledging  themselves  to  pay  particular  attention  to  the 
Edifice  itself,  and  to  the  object  to  which  it  is  dedicated 
and  devoted,  and  in  reciprocation  of  the  pious  wishes  and 
prayers  offered  for  them,  devoutly  implore  the  benedic- 
tion of  Almighty  God  on  the  beneficent  Donor,  praying 
that  he  may  live  to  see  still  greater  and  more  blessed 
effects  of  his  charities  to  this  Institution;  that  the  evening 
of  his  life  may  be  cheered  by  the  hopes  and  consolations 
of  that  Divine  Religion  to  which  he  has  made  so  rich  ob- 
lations ;  and  that  at  a  late  period,  he  may  be  received  into 
the  society  of  those  benevolent  spirits,  once  associated 


145 

with   him  on  earth,  but,  as  we  trust,  now  inheriting  the 
promises  in  Heaven. 

Seminary  Eecords,  page  167. 

The  whole  cost  of  the  above  Building,  $23,374,00. 

Asso.  Ledger,  page  54. — Journal,  pages  63,  210. 


1§18  — May21. 

LEGACY  OF  MRS.  MARY  OSBORN. 

Extract  from  her  Will, 

I  will,  direct,  and  order,  one  half  of  said  remaining  part 
of  my  estate,  sold  as  aforesaid,  to  be  paid  to  the  Trustees 
of  the  Theological  Institution  lately  established  at  Ando- 
ver,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  afore- 
said ;  and  it  is  my  will,  desire,  direction,  and  order,  that  it 
be  loaned  and  the  interest  of  it  be  applied  by  said  Trus- 
tees according  to  their  best  discretion,  for  the  aid  of  one 
or  more,  as  they  may  judge  best,  pious,  indigent  young 
men  of  good  natural  abilities,  and  who  are  of  sufficient 
age  to  judge  for  themselves,  and  to  choose  in  what  pro- 
fession and  employment  to  serve  God  and  their  genera- 
tion, in  obtaining  a  collegiate  education,  and  in  pursuing 
his  or  their  studies  at  said  Institution,  preparatory  to  their 
entering  on  the  Christian  Ministry  according  to  the  prin- 
ciples and  rules  of  said  Institution.  And  if  there  should 
not  at  any  time,  be  any  young  man  of  the  above  descrip- 
tion, for  whose  aid  said  Trustees  should  think  proper  to 
apply  said  interest,  my  will  is  that  one  half  of  the  interest 
accruing,  during  all  such  time  or  times,  be  added  to  the 
Funds  of  said  Institution,  for  the  aid  of  the  Students  at 
said  Institution,  and  that  the  other  half  of  the  interest 
thus  accruing,  be  added  to  the  principal  of  this  Legacy, 

19 


146 


to  render  it  more  productive  for  the  purpose  first  before 
mentioned. 

Will  approved  May  21,  1818. 

See  File  of  Wills,  and  Records  of  Wills,  page  21. 

This  Legacy  was  paid  by  the  executors,  May  3,  1821. 
Amount,  |2,040,86. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  114. 


1819  — Feto.  8. 

DONATION  BY  MOSES  BROWN,  ESQ. 

STATUTES  OF  THE   BROWN  PROFESSORSHIP. 

Viewing  with  lively  emotions  of  delight  and  of  grati- 
tude, the  unexampled  prosperity  of  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  Andover,  and  contemplating  its  near  relation  to 
that  cause  which  brought  the  Divine  Saviour  from  Heaven 
to  earth,  and  in  which  are  involved  the  most  precious  in- 
terests of  mail  for  time  [and  for  eternity:  —  considering, 
also,  the  inadequate  provision  which  is  made  for  the 
proper  instruction  of  the  present  number  of  Students,  and 
hoping,  with  the  blessing  of  that  merciful  Providence, 
whose  smiles  have  hitherto  so  signally  shone  upon  it,  to 
render  that  Seminary  more  extensively  useful  to  the 
Church  of  Christ,  and  thus  to  make  it  more  effectually 
subservient  to  the  benevolent  designs  of  its  pious  Found- 
ers and  Benefactors  :  —  I,  Moses  Brown,  of  Newburyport, 
in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, Esq.,  do  hereby  make  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  this  farther  donation,  in  addition  to  what  I 
have  heretofore  done  for  the  endowment  of  the  said  Sem- 
inary, viz. :  —  I  do  hereby  give,  assign,  and  set  over  to  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  to  their  successors  in 
office,  the  sum  of  Twenty-Five  thousand  dollars,  for  the 
purpose  of  supporting  an  additional  Professor  in  the  de- 


147 

partment  of  Sacred  Rhetoric,  and  in  sacred  trust,  to  be 
managed  and  disposed  of  for  that  object  agreeably  to  the 
following  regulations,  to  wit:  —  the  said  sum  of  money 
to  be  kept  out  at  interest  on  good  security,  or  otherwise 
in  whole  or  in  part  vested,  as  the  said  Trustees  shall 
deem  best,  in  productive  real  estate,  or  in  sure  and  perma- 
nent funds,  and  the  interest  or  annual  income  of  said  cap- 
ital sum  or  fund,  to  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  of  a 
Professor  in  the  department  of  Sacred  Rhetoric  in  con- 
nectiou  with  the  Bartlet  Professor  in  the  same  depart- 
ment; the  particular  division  of  duties  of  said  department 
between  said  tv/o  Professors  to  be  regulated  by  said  Trus- 
tees, as  experience  shall  suggest  to  be  most  useful.  It  is 
moreover  my  wish,  and  I  hereby  authorize  the  said  Trus- 
tees to  require  of  the  Professor  on  this  my  Foundation, 
that  so  far  as  leisure  and  opportunity  may  permit,  he  per- 
form the  duties  of  the  department  of  Ecclesiastical  Histo- 
ry, as  marked  out  in  the  Constitution  of  the  said  Semi- 
nary, till  the  said  department  last  mentioned  shall  be  filled 
by  some  more  adequate  and  appropriate  endowment.  And 
I  do  reserve  the  right  of  appointing  the  first  Professor  on 
this  Foundation  ;  and  also  the  right,  during  my  natural 
life,  to  make  any  additional  regulations,  or  to  alter  any 
rule  herein  prescribed,  provided  such  regulation  or  altera- 
tion be  not  prejudicial  to  the  true  design  of  this  Founda- 
tion, nor  in  any  way  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution 
or  Statutes  of  the  said  Seminary. 

Second.  This  Fund  shall  be  considered  as  belonging  to 
the  Associate  department  in  the  said  Seminary ;  and  all  the 
Articles  of  the  Associate  Statutes,  which  apply  to  Profes- 
sors on  that  Foundation,  viz.:  —  the  second,  third,  fourth, 
fifth,  and  sixth  Articles,  shall  apply  equally  and  with  the 
same  force  to  the  Professor  on  this  my  Foundation  ;  and 
the  said  second,  third,  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  Articles  of 
the  said  Associate  Statutes  shall  be  for  the  regulation  of 
this  my  said  Professor  forever,  in  the  same  manner  as  for 
the  other  Professors  on  the  said  Foundation. 


148 

Third.  I  do  hereby  farther  ordain,  that  this  my  Foun- 
dation shall  be  subject  to  Visitation  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  said  Associate  Foundation  is  now  subject  to  Visit- 
ation ;  and  I  hereby  constitute  the  same  persons,  who 
now  compose  the  Board  of  Visitors  of  the  said  Associate 
Foundation  and  their  successors  in  office  forever,  sole  and 
perpetual  Visitors  of  this  ray  Foundation ;  and  I  do  here- 
by invest  them  with  the  same  powers  and  duties,  with  re- 
lation to  this  my  Foundation,  as  are  given  them  by  the 
said  Associate  Statutes  in  relation  to  the  said  Associate 
Foundation. 

Having  made  this  dedication  of  a  part  of  the  substance 
with  which  Heaven  has  blessed  me,  with  a  sincere  view,  as  I 
humbly  hope,  to  the  advancement  of  the  Divine  Glory, 
and  with  some  sense  of  gratitude  to  the  compassionate 
Saviour,  who  gave  his  life  for  me,  to  his  blessing  I  com- 
mit it ;  praying  that  in  the  present  and  in  all  future  ages, 
he  would  vouchsafe  his  peculiar  presence  in  the  said  Sem- 
inary, and  the  special  influences  of  his  Spirit  always  to 
rest  upon  the  Officers,  Students,  and  all  connected  with 
that  establishment. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  this  eighth  day  of  February,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  nineteen. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  Delivered 
in  presence  of 

Leonard  Woods,  Moses  Brown,  (s.) 

John  B.  Warren.  . 

Record  of  Wills,  etc.,  pages  11,  12. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy be  given  to  Moses  Brown,  Esq.,  for  his  recent  and 
very  generous  donation  of  Twenty-Five  Thousand  dol- 
lars, for  the  purpose  of  supporting  an  additional  Professor 
in  the  department  of  Sacred  Rhetoric,  with  assurance  that 
it  shall  be  faithfully  applied  to  that  sacred  and  highly 
important  object,  and  that  the  conditions  of  the  donation 
shall  be  religiously   regarded. 

Seminary  Records,  page  173. 


149 


ADDITIONAL  STATUTES  OF  THE  BROWN  PROFESSORSHIP. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I,  Moses  Brown, 
of  Newburyport,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Common- 
wealth of  Massachusetts,  Esquire,  having  in  my  Statutes 
for  the  Professorship  which  I  have  founded  in  the  Theo- 
logical Institution  at  Andover,  in  the  County  and  Com- 
monwealth aforesaid,  reserved  the  right  during  my  natural 
life,  to  make  any  additional  regulations,  or  to  alter  any 
rule  therein  prescribed;  provided  such  regulation  or  alter- 
ation be  not  prejudicial  to  the  true  design  of  my  said 
Foundation,  nor  in  any  way  inconsistent  with  the  Consti- 
tution or  Statutes  of  the  said  Seminary,  do  now  hereby 
make  the  following  conditional  alteration  of  my  said  Stat- 
utes, to  wit :  —  whereas  it  is  prescribed  and  directed  by 
my  said  Statutes,  that  the  income  of  my  said  Fund  be  ap- 
plied to  the  support  of  a  Professor  whose  primary  duties 
should  be  directed  to  the  department  of  Sacred  Rhetoric, 
in  connection  with  the  Bartlet  Professor  in  that  depart- 
ment, and  secondarily  to  the  department  of  Ecclesiastical 
History,  so  far  as  leisure  and  opportunity  might  permit : 
and  whereas  other  provision  may  hereafter  be  made  for  a 
full  supply  of  instruction  in  the  said  department  of  Sacred 
Rhetoric  by  the  endowment  of  a  new  professorship  for 
that  purpose,  and  the  Professor  on  my  Foundation  may, 
in  that  case,  be  more  advantageously  devoted  to  the 
department  of  Ecclesiastical  History,  as  his  primary  ob- 
ject:— 

I  do  now  hereby  ordain,  that  if  at  any  future  time  such 
other  provision  shall  be  made  for  the  department  of  Sa- 
cred Rhetoric,  the  Trustees  of  my  said  Fund  are  hereby 
authorized  then  to  place  the  Professor  on  my  Foundation 
in  the  department  of  Ecclesiastical  History,  and  to  assign 
him  his  duties  in  said  department  as  marked  out  in  the 
Constitution  of  the  Seminary. 


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III  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  at  Newburyport  aforesaid,  this  fourth  day  of  Novem- 
ber, in  tlie  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  twenty. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered 
in  presence  of 

William  Bartlkt,  Moses  Brown,   (s.) 

William  B.  Banister, 
Daniel   Dana. 

liccord  of  Wills,  page  13. — Scm.  Eccords,  page  191. 


ADDITIONAL   STATUTES  OF  THE   BROWN  PROrESSORSHIP. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I,  Moses  Brown,  of 
Newburyport,  in  the  County  Essex,  and  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  Esquire,  having  in  my  Statutes  providing 
and  establishing  a  Professorship  in  the  Theological  Insti- 
tution' in  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  which  bear  date 
the  8th  February,  A.  D.  1819,  assigned  the  duties  of 
my  said  Professor  primarily  in  the  department  of  Sacred 
Rhetoric,  and  secondarily,  so  far  as  leisure  and  opportu- 
nity may  permit,  in  the  department  of  Ecclesiastical  His- 
tory :  having  also,  by  my  additional  Statutes  bearing  date 
November  20, 1820,  authorized  the  Trustees  of  said  Acad- 
emy, in  case  other  provision  should  be  made  for  the  sup- 
ply of  instruction  in  the  department  of  Sacred  Rhetoric, 
to  remove  my  Professor  to  the  department  of  Ecclesias- 
tical History.  And  having  by  the  experiment  thus  far 
made,  and  by  other  views  of  the  subject,  derived  a  con- 
viction that  the  great  interests  of  said  Institution  will  be 
best  promoted  by  an  immediate  assignment  and  transfer 
of  my  said  Foundation,  and  the  Professor  thereon,  to  the 
said  department  of  Ecclesiastical  History :  —  Therefore, 
agreeably  to  the  liberty  reserved  in  my  original  Statutes, 
to  make  any  alteration  therein  not  inconsistent  with  the 
true  design  thereof,  I  do  hereby  make  this  farther  altera- 


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tion,  and  do  hereby  assign  and  transfer  my  said  Founda- 
tion and  the  Professor  thereon,  (the  Trustees  of  said 
Academy,  and  the  said  Professor  consenting  thereto),  to  the 
said  department  of  Ecclesiastical  History,  as  his  primary 
service  and  duties,  together  with  such  other  duties  in  any 
other  department  as  the  said  Trustees  in  their  judgment 
may  think  proper  to  assign  to  him,  and  opportunity  may 
permit  him  to  perform. 

And  that  the  services  of  the  Professor  on  my  Founda- 
tion may  at  all  times  be  applied  where  they  may  most 
subserve  the  great  interests  of  the  said  Institution,  I  think 
it  proper  to  make  this  further  general  provision,  and  I  do 
hereby  ordain,  that  the  duties  of  the  Professor  on  my 
Foundation  shall,  from  time  to  time,  be  assigned  by  the 
said  Trustees  with  the  approbation  and  consent  of  the 
Visitors  of  said  Institution,  according  to  the  Constitution  of 
the  Seminary,  in  such  manner  as  shall  most  directly  and 
effectually  promote  the  great  object  of  the  Institution. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  at  Newburyport  aforesaid,  this  fourteenth  day  of 
June,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  twenty-four. 

Signed,  and  sealed,  ia 
presence  of 

William  B.  Banister,  Moses  Brown,  (s.) 

F.  B.  Banister. 

Eccord  of  Wills,  etc.,  pages  14,  15. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  September  23, 
1824  — 

Voted,  that  this  Board  accept  the  assignment  and  trans- 
fer made  by  Moses  Brown,  Esq.,  of  his  Foundation  and 
the  Professor  thereon,  from  the  department  of  Sacred 
Rhetoric  to  the  department  of  Ecclesiastical  History,  and 
that  his  deed  of  assignment  and  his  letter  accompanying 
the  same  be  recorded. 

Voted,  that  the  title  of  the  Brown  Professor  of  Sacred 


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Literature  and  Ecclesiastical  History,  be  changed  to  that 
of  Brown  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History. 

Voted,  that  the  Clerk  be  directed  to  inform  Mr.  Brown 
of  the  acceptance  of  his  additional  Statutes  by  this 
Board. 

Seminary  Kecords,  pages  225,  227. 


1819  — Sept.  15. 

DONATION  BY  JONATHAN  MARSH,  ESQ. 

I,  Jonathan  Marsh,  of  Newburyport,  in  the  County  of 
Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Esq.,  here- 
by give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  the  sum  of 
One  Thousand  dollars  for  the  use  of  the  Theological  Insti- 
tution under  their  care,  to  be  kept  out  at  interest  in  such 
manner  as  they  shall  judge  to  be  safest  and  best ;  and  one 
half  of  the  interest  or  income  to  be  applied  to  the  support 
of  Charity  Students  in  the  said  Institution  forever,  and  the 
other  half  of  the  said  interest  or  income  to  be  applied  by 
the  said  Trustees  to  the  increase  of  the  Library  of  the  said 
Seminary  forever. 

In  witness  whereof,  I,  the  said  Jonathan  Marsh,  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  this  fifteenth  day  of  Sep- 
tember in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  nineteen. 

''^"^''f„";r:^enceof"^"^'''  JONATHAN     MaRSH.    (s.) 

Lydia  Boardman. 

Kecord  of  Wills,  etc.  page  27. 


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1§19  — Sept.  29. 
LEGACY  OF  MRS.  ELIZABETH  CUTLER. 

Extract  from  her  Will. 

"  Furthermore  my  will  is,  and  I  do  give  and  bequeath 
to  the  Theological  Institution  in  Andover,  all  the  residue 
and  remainder  of  all  my  estate,  which  is  not  herein  other- 
wise given  away,  and  which  shall  be  left  in  the  hands  of 
my  executor  after  his  paying  out  all  the  debts,  charges, 
and  legacies,  which  I  have,  in  this  will,  given  away  and 
ordered  to  be  paid  and  done,  and  taken  pay  for  all  neces- 
sary expenses,  and  for  his  own  time  and  trouble  in  set- 
tling said  estate.  The  said  remainder  which  shall  be  left 
as  aforesaid,  to  be  paid  to  the  Trustees  or  Overseers  of 
said  Institution,  to  be  laid  out  by  them  in  educating  young 
men  for  Missionary  Purposes,  in  such  way  and  manner  as 
they  shall  think  most  for  the  interest  of  religion  and  the 
good  of  souls ;  the  same  to  be  paid  within  three  years 
after  my  decease  by  my  executor." 

Will  dated  Sept.  29,  1819. 

Record  of  Wills,  etc.,  page  28.— Theo.  Journal,  page  293. 

This  Legacy  was  paid  April  29,  1829.     Amount 


1§19  — ©ct.  25. 

DONATION  BY  NICOLAS  PIKE,  ESQ. 

Wishing  to  contribute  a  portion  of  my  earthly  sub- 
stance, according  to  the  ability  God  hath  given  me,  for 
the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel  of  Christ,  and  especially  to 
aid  in  raising  up  a  succession  of  able  and  pious  men 
for  the  Ministry  of  the  Word  of  Life  :  — 

20 


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I,  Nicholas  Pike,  of  Newburyport,  in  the  County  of  Es- 
sex, and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  Esquire,  do 
hereby  give,  assign,  and  set  over  to  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy,  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  dollars,  in 
sacred  trust  for  the  founding  of  a  Scholarship  in  the 
Theological  Institution  under  their  care  ;  reserving  to  my- 
self the  right  of  paying  the  said  Thousand  dollars  in  such 
instalments  as  shall  be  convenient  to  me,  my  heirs,  exe- 
cutors, and  administrators,  saving  that  the  whole  shall  be 
paid  in  two  years  after  my  decease :  the  said  sum  of  One 
Thousand  dollars  to  be  by  the  said  Trustees  placed  out 
at  interest  on  good  security,  or  vested  in  sure  and  perma- 
nent funds,  and  the  interest  or  income  thereof  to  be  annu- 
ally added  to  the  fund,  till  the  capital  sum  or  fund  shall 
be  increased  to  the  sum  of  Fourteen  Hundred  dollars,  or 
a  sum  sufficient  for  the  founding  of  a  Scholarship  ;  when, 
after  the  said  capital  sum  or  fund  shall  have  thus  arisen 
to  the  amount  above  mentioned,  the  interest  or  annual 
income  thereof  to  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  of  a 
Scholar  of  genius  and  piety,  in  the  said  Theological  In- 
stitution, so  long  as  the  several  Professors  shall  adopt  and 
practise  agreeably  to  that  solemn  declaration  of  their  faith 
in  Divine  Revelation,  and  in  the  fundamental  and  distin- 
guishing doctrines  of  the  Gospel,  as  expressed  in  the 
creed  contained  in  the  Second  Article  of  "  The  Statutes 
of  the  Associate  Foundation  in  the  Theological  Insti- 
tution at  Andover,"  signed  by  Moses  Brown,  William 
Bartlet,  and  John  Norris,  the  twenty-first  of  March,  eigh- 
teen hundred  and  eight.  Said  Scholar  to  be  selected,  in- 
structed, supported,  and  regulated,  according  to  the  pro- 
visions of  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the  said  Institu- 
tion, and  to  adopt  and  practise  the  creed  above  mention- 
ed ;  but  should  that  creed  cease  to  be  professed  and  prac- 
tised upon  in  the  said  Institution,  then  the  said  Fund  of 
Fourteen  Hundred  dollars  or  sum  sufficient  for  the  foun- 
dation of  a  Scholarship,  shall  revert  to  my  heirs  forever. 


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111  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  the  25th  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  nineteen. 

Signed  and  Sealed  in 
presence  of 

Joseph   S.   Pike,  Nicolas  Pike,   (s.) 

Luther  F.  Dimmick. 

Eecord  of  Wills,  etc.,  pages  16,  17. 


1§2©— Jaai.  3,  et  scq. 

PROPOSAL  OF  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ.,  TO  ERECT 
A  NEW  HALL. 

Ncwburyport,  January  3,  1820. 
Samuel  Farrar,  Esq., 
Dear  Sir, 
I  received  your  friendly  letter.     The  subject  you  write 
on  is   what  lays   much  on   my  mind,   and   has   done   for 
years  —  the   prosperity  of  the  Institution.     O  how  won- 
derful !  Providence  is  trying  us  by  prospering  us  beyond 
what  we  could  have  any  prospect  of  when  we  first  thought 
of  the   undertaking :    and  are  we   suitably  thankful   and 
humble  ?     I  cannot  say  but  I  have  had  thoughts  of  mak- 
ing another  attempt  to  make  things  more  convenient,  but 
I  have  had  thoughts  that  hinder  me;  what  will  the  world 
say  ?   my  vanity  is  full  enough  puffed  up  and  a  great  deal 
too  much :  I  was  in  hopes  some  one  from  right  motives 
would  step  forward,  and  put  up  another  Building  that 
is  much  wanted ;  but  I  hear  of  no  one  as  yet,  etc.,  etc. 
I  am,  dear  Sir, 

With  much  respect, 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
Sec  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


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Ncwbuiyport,  March  27,  1820. 

Samuel  Farrar,  Esq., 
Dear  Sir, 
As  you  have  been  hauling  stones  near  the  place  where 
a  new  College  is  contemplated  to  be  built,  I  would  ask 
the  question  if  it  would  not  be  proper  to  ask  liberty  of  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips   Academy,  at   Andover,  to  Imild   a 
new  College,  should  any  one  person  be  so  minded  ?     Mr. 
Marshal  is  gone  to  Andover  to  view  the  spot,  etc. 
I  am.  Sir,  truly 

Your  Friend  and 

Obedient  Servant, 

William  Bartlkt. 
See  Pile  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


Ne^Yburyport,  March  29,  1820. 

Samuel  Farrar,  Esq. 
Dear  Sir, 
I  received  your  favor  of  the  28th  inst.,  by  Mr.  Marshal. 
I  wish  you,  dear  Sir,  to  request  the  Honorable  Board  of 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  at  Andover,  to  grant  liberty 
to  me,  if  you  please,  to  put  up  another  College  for  the 
use  of  the   Theological  Seminary,  at   Andover,  on  their 
ground  that  they  hold  in  trust,  etc.,  etc.,  etc. 
I  am  Sir, 

With  respect, 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

William  B^rtlet. 
Sec  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


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1S21  —  May  3. 

DONATION  BY  ARTHUR  TAPPAN,  ESQ. 

Received   of   him  for  tiie  founding   of   a   Scholarship, 
$1,666,67. 

Thco.  Journal,  page  113. 
Union,  N.  J.,  Bellvillc  P.  O.,  Sept.  15,  1855. 

Mr.  J.  L.  Taylor, 
Dear  Sir, 
I  have  yours  of  the  13ih  iiist.,  and  am  happy  to  learn  the 
Scholarship  established  in  the  And  over  Theological  Sem- 
inary by  me,  through  the  intervention  of  my  friend  Jonas 
King,  has  been  instrumental  of  good.     It  was  given  lor 
the  purpose  of  being  applied  in  aid  of  needy  and  deserv- 
ing young  men  seeking  the  Gospel^  Ministry ;  and  my 
wish  has  been  and  still  is,  that  the  income  arising  from 
the  gift  may  continue  to  be  so  applied,  in  the  absence  of 
any  nomination  by  me,  by  the   Trustees  to  one  or  more 
such  Students  in  your  Seminary,  as  they  shall  designate. 
I  am,  very  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

Arthur  Tappan. 
See  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


1§21  — May  29. 

DONATION  BY  DR.  JOHN  CODMAN. 

Whereas  the  establishment  of  Greek  and  Hebrew  Print- 
ing Presses  appears  to  me  important  for  the  promotion  of 
Sacred  and  Classical  Literature :  and  whereas  it  appears 
to  me  desirable  that  such  an  establishment  should  be  con- 
nected with  the  Theological  Institution,  and  with  Phillips 


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Academy  at  Andover,  in  the  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts :  I  John  Codraan,  Minister  of  the  Gospel,  in  the 
second  parish  in  Dorchester,  in  the  Commonwealth  afore- 
said, being  influenced,  as  I  would  hope,  by  a  sincere  de- 
sire to  promote  the  interests  of  Sacred  and  Classical  Lit- 
erature, have  determined  to  devote  a  part  of  the  substance 
with  which  Heaven  has  blessed  me,  to  procure  and  estab- 
lish Greek  and  Hebrew  Printing  Presses,  for  the  accom- 
modation and  use  of  said  Seminaries ;  and  for  this  pur- 
pose I  do  accordingly  give,  assign,  and  set  over  to  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  the  sum  of  Two  Hundred 
dollars,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid ;  and  for  the  same  pur- 
pose, I  do  hereby  engage  and  bind  myself  and  my  heirs  to 
pay  to  the  said  Trustees  the  further  sum  of  Eight  Hundred 
dollars,  to  be  paid  hereafter  by  annual  instalments  of 
Two  Hundred  dollars  each,  until  the  whole  is  paid  ; 
which  sum  of  One  Thousand  dollars,  paid  and  to  be  paid, 
I  give  and  assign  to  said  Trustees,  on  condition  that  they 
consent  to  execute  the  following  rules  and  regulations, 
which  I  hereby  ordain  and  make,  as  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions by  which  said  Greelc  and  Hebrew  Presses  are  to  be 
directed  and  managed,  viz. :  — 

I.  So  much  of  the  said  sum  of  One  Thousand  dollars 
as  is  necessary,  shall  be  applied  to  defray  the  expense  of 
the  Greek  and  Hebrew  Types,  already  in  the  possession 
of  the  said  Trustees,  and  of  the  Apparatus  necessary  for 
the  preservation  of  them  in  good  order ;  and  if  there  be 
any  surplus  money  after  this  appropriation,  it  shall  be  put 
out  at  interest  by  said  Trustees,  and  form  a  Contin- 
gent Fund,  for  purposes  hereinafter  expressed. 

II.  The  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary  and  their 
successors  in  office,  with  any  additional  member  or  mem- 
bers of  the  Faculty  and  his  or  their  successors :  also,  the 
Principal  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  his  successors  in 
office,  with  the  Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  his 
successors,  (provided  always,  that  such  Treasurer  resides 


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in  Andover),  are  hereby  constituted  the  Syndics  or  Cura- 
tors of  said  Printing  Presses ;  whose  business  it  shall  be 
to  determine  what  books  may  be  printed  at  said  Presses, 
and  in  general  to  direct  the  employment  of  them. 

III.  Every  book  printed  at  said  Presses  shall  be  charged 
with  such  a  sum  for  the  use  of  them  as  said  Syndics 
shall  judge  proper,  to  l)e  paid  in  such  a  manner  as  they 
shall  direct,  to  the  Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy. 

IV.  All  monies  thus  acquired  shall  be  added  to  said 
Contingent  Fund,  and  put  out  at  interest  as  aforesaid. 

V.  Said  Contingent  Fund,  or  any  part  of  the  same, 
shall  be  employed  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  in  good  con- 
dition said  establishment  of  Greek  and  Hebrew  Types; 
and  any  additions  of  Apparatus  of  any  kind  necessary  to 
render  complete  this  establishment,  may  at  any  time  be 
purchased  by  said  Trustees,  at  the  recommendation  of  the 
Syndics. 

VI.  If  the  Contingent  Fund  of  said  Greek  and  He- 
brew Presses  should  at  any  time  be  more  than  adequate 
to  meet  the  wants  of  the  establishment  in  regard  to  the 
two  kinds  of  Types  aforesaid,  the  surplus  may  be  applied 
to  the  purchase  of  such  other  Types  as  may  be  needed,  or 
to  aiding  the  publication  of  important  and  expensive 
books  which  are  needed,  especially  by  the  Students  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  or  of  the  Academy,  provided  always, 
that  the  concurrence  of  the  Syndics  in  this  application 
shall  be  first  obtained, 

VII.  I  do  hereby  reserve  to  myself  and  my  heirs  the 
right  of  appropriating  one  copy  of  every  work  printed  at 
said  Presses  for  my  own  and  their  use.  I  also  reserve 
the  right,  during  my  natural  life  to  amend,  alter,  add  to, 
or  take  from  the  above  Rules  and  Regulations,  in  any 
way  not  inconsistent  with  the  original  design  and  object 
of  said  establishment  above  described. 

In  witness  whereof,  I,  the  Subscriber,  have  hereunto  set 
my  hand  and  seal,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  May,  in  the 


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year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty- 
one. 

Signed,  Scaled,  and  Delivered, 
ill  pieseiico  of 

Moses   Stuart,  John   Codman.   (s.) 

Samuel   Merwin. 

Records  of  Wills,  etc.,  pages  22,  23. 

Voted,  that  this  Board  very  thankfully  accept  the  dona- 
tion of  the  Rev.  John  Codman,  of  One  Thousand  dollars 
for  the  establishment  of  a  Press  of  Greek  and  Hebrew- 
Types  for  the  use  of  the  Theological  Institution  and  Phil- 
lips Academy,  and  that  the  said  Press  bear  the  name  of 
the  Codman  Press. 

Seminary  Records,  page  202. 

In  1824,  this  Press  was  further  endowed  by  a  contribu- 
tion to  purchase  Types,  from  His  Honor  William  Phil- 
lips,  William    Bartlet,   Esq.,    and   others,  amounting   to 

Theo.  Journal,  page  180. 


1§21  — Sept.  25. 

TENDER  OF  NEW  HALL  AS  COMPLETED  AND 
FURNISHED  BY  WHXIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ. 

Newburyport,  Sept.  25,  1821. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy  — 
Gentlemen, 

Through  the  continued  goodness  of  that  kind  and  in- 
dulgent Providence  in  whose  hand  our  breath  is,  and 
whose  are  all  our  ways,  I  have  been  preserved  in  life 
and  been  enabled  to  complete  the  College  Edifice, 
which  you  were  pleased  to  grant  me  permission  to  erect 
on  your  grounds,  for  the  accommodation  of  the  Students 


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of  the  Theological  Institution.  From  a  wish  to  contri- 
bute to  the  more  extended  usefulness  of  this  Sacred  Insti- 
tution, and  being  influenced,  as  I  humbly  hope,  by  a  sin- 
cere desire  for  the  advancement  of  the  Cause  and  King- 
dom of  the  Great  Redeemer  in  the  earth,  I  have  erected, 
and  finished,  and  furnished  this  Building,  and  now  with 
humble  gratitude  would  dedicate  it  and  all  its  contents 
and  appurtenances  to  this  Divine  and  Glorious  Redeemer. 

Trusting  in  your  fidelity,  as  the  constituted  guardians 
of  this  precious  Seminary,  I  commit  it  to  your  care,  to  be 
forever  used,  under  your  watchful  eye,  for  the  sole  pur- 
pose of  promoting  the  interests  of  said  Seminary,  accord- 
ing to  the  Constitution  and  Statutes  of  the  same. 

In  doing  this  I  would  beg  leave  to  express  my  wishes 
in  a  few  particulars  with  regard  to  its  management,  viz. : 
—  that  you  woUld  make  provision  effectually  to  preserve 
the  Building  with  all  its  Furniture,  in  good  repair;  that 
the  Furniture  belonging  to  each  room  be  not  permitted  to 
be  removed  from  its  proper  place ;  that  the  building  and 
rooms  throughout  be  inspected  at  the  end  of  every  term ; 
that  in  all  cases  where  any  room  has  been  injured,  or  any 
part  of  the  building  or  any  of  the  Furniture  lost  or  dam- 
aged, by  the  negligence  or  carelessness  of  any  of  the  occu- 
pants, adequate  damages  for  the  effectual  repairs  of  the 
same  be  assessed  upon  such  occupants  ;  that  the  building 
throughout  be  kept  clean  and  neat,  so  as  to  form  a  healthy 
as  well  as  commodious  place  of  habitation ;  and  that 
special  care  be  taken  at  all  times  to  guard  against  injury 
by  fire  and  by  weather. 

It  is  also  my  desire  that  each  Student  occupying  the 
rooms  of  this  building  pay  to  the  Trustees,  at  the  rate  of 
four  dollars  a  year  for  the  use  of  the  Furniture ;  the  mon- 
ies collected  from  this  tax,  to  be  applied  from  time  to 
time,  to  repairs  of  the  Furniture,  and,  if  any  remain,  to 
such  other  uses,  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  Semi- 
nary, as  you  shall  judge  expedient.  If,  however,  the  tax 
above  proposed  should  hereafter  be  found  too  small  or 

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too  large,  the  Trustees,  for  the  time  being,  to  be  at  lib- 
erty to  increase  or  to  lessen  it,  as  the  good  of  the  Semi- 
nary shall  appear  to  require. 

That  the  Divine  favor  may  ever  attend  you  and  the 
dear  Seminaries  under  your  care,  and  that  they  may  ever 
be  preserved  pure  fountains,  and  send  forth  pure  streams 
to  make  glad  the  churches  and  cities  of  our  God,  is  the 
devout  prayer  of. 

Gentlemen,  with  sincere  respect  and  affection. 
Your  friend  and  humble  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
Seminary  Eecords,  pages  196,  197. 

Voted,  that  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  have  re- 
ceived, with  great  respect  and  sensibility,  this  renewed 
evidence  of  the  pious  liberality  of  this  distinguished  Ben- 
efactor of  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  of  his  continued 
patronage  and  active  interest  in  the  success  of  that  Insti- 
tution ;  that  in  accepting  this  great  donation,  the  Trustees 
declare  their  readiness,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  observe 
the  particulars  which  the  beloved  Donor  has  seen  fit  to 
suggest  in  relation  to  the  preservation  of  the  Building  and 
the  repair  of  the  Furniture ;  and  that  the  Trustees  recip- 
rocate to  the  liberal  Donor  those  washes  and  prayers  for 
the  Divine  favor  towards  him  and  the  Institution,  which 
he  has  seen  fit  in  his  letter  to  express  towards  it  and  the 
Trustees. 

Voted,  that  the  Building  now  called  Bartlet  Hall  be 
called  Bartlet  Chapel,  and  that  the  new  Building  receive 
the  name  of  Bartlet  Hall. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  198,  201. 

The  entire  cost  of  the  above  named  Building  was 
$19,574,00 

Sec  Letter  on  File  with  Wills,  and  Asso.  Journal,  pages  78,  210. 


163 


1§23. 

LEGACY  OF  MES.  MARY  GREGORY. 

Memorandum  by  Dr.  Porter. 

On  my  return  from  Charleston,  in  1821,  I  addressed  a 
Letter  to  Mrs.  Mary  Gregory,  suggesting  to  her  the  two 
objects  of  beneficence,  the  American  Education  Society, 
and  the  establishment  of  a  Scholarship  in  the  Andover 
Seminary,  or  otherwise  contributing  to  aid  its  Students 
who  are  indigent.  In  the  summer  of  1823,  I  received  in- 
formation from  Mrs.  Gregory's  Executor,  that  she  had  left 
a  Legacy  of  One  Hundred  pounds  sterling,  which  he 
wished  to  pay  over  to  me  in  trust.  In  due  time  the 
money  was  remitted  to  me  by  draft,  but  no  directions  as 
to  its  application  were  given  in  her  will ;  and  after  the 
best  examination  I  could  make,  I  was  left  in  doubt 
whether  the  benevolent  Donor  had  in  view  the  American 
Education  Society  or  the  Andover  Seminary,  as  her  only 
specification  was,  "the  Andover  Society  for  Educating 
Pious  Young  Men  for  the  Ministry,  and  for  Missionary 
purposes."  In  this  state  of  the  case  I  have  thought  that 
the  general  design  of  Mrs.  Gregory  could  not  be  better 
fulfilled  than  by  making  this  sum  a  permanent  Loaning 
Fund.,  etc. 

See  Dr.  Porter's  Account  of  Medway  and  Gregory  Funds  on  File  with 
Wills,  etc.,  etc. 

This  Legacy  was  united  by  Dr.  Porter  with  various 
sums  contributed  by  others  whose  acquaintance  he  had 
made  at  the  South,  and  was  kept  as  a  Loaning  Fund, 
first  called  the  Medway  Fund,  afterwards  the  Gregory 
Fund,  in  his  hands  till  his  decease ;  soon  after  this  it 
was  transferred  to  the  Trustees  by  his  Executor  as  now 
held. 

This  Fund  amounted  to  $686,67. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  123. 


164 

1§23  — Sept.  24. 

APPLICATION  FOR  AN  ADDITIONAL  ACT. 

Voted,  that  the  Hon.  S.  Hubbard  and  Samuel  Farrar 
Esq.  be  a  Committee  to  consult  on  the  expediency  of 
applying  to  the  General  Court  for  an  Act  confirming  the 
powers  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  as  conferred  on  them  by 
the  Statutes  of  the  Theol.  Institution  and  of  the  Associate 
Founders ;  that  said  Committee  act  in  concert  with  the 
committee  which  may  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Visi- 
tors in  this  behalf,  with  full  power  on  the  part  of  this  Com- 
mittee to  take  such  measures  on  the  subject  as  they  may 
think  advisable. 

Seminary  Records,  page  212. 


1824  — Jan.  lY. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  consult  on  the  expediency 
of  applying  to  the  General  Court  for  an  Act  confirming 
the  powers  of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  as  conferred  on  them 
by  the  Statutes  of  the  Theological  Institution  and  of  the 
Associate  Founders,  and  to  act  in  concert  with  the  Com- 
mittee which  might  be  appointed  for  the  same  purpose  by 
the  Board  of  Visitors,  having  attended  to  the  duty  as- 
signed them,  ask  leave  to  report :  —  That,  agreeably  to  their 
appointment,  they  met  with  the  Committee  from  the  Board 
of  Visitors,  and,  having  duly  considered  the  subject,  were 
unanimously  of  opinion,  that  it  was  expedient  to  apply  to 
the  General  Court  for  an  Act  confirming  the  power  of  the 
Board  of  Visitors  ;  and,  in  consequence  of  this  opinion, 
they  made  application  to  the  General  Court,  which  was 
commenced  on  the  first  Wednesday  of  January  last,  and. 
procured  an  Act  of  Incorporation,  which  is  now  presented, 
with  this  report. 


165 

Voted,  that  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  this  Common- 
wealth, passed  the  17th  day  of  January,  A.  D.  1824,  entitled: 
"  An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  entitled  an  Act  to  incorpo- 
rate the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover,  and  the 
several  acts  in  addition  thereto,  be  accepted  by  this  Board, 
and  that  the  same  be  recorded  at  length,  as  follows, 
viz.  :  — 


COMMONWEALTH   OF  MASSACPIUSETTS. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  twenty-four.  An  Act  in  addition  to  an  Act  entitled 
"  An  Act  to  incorporate  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy 
in  Andover,  and  the  several  acts  in  addition  thereto: 

Section  I.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of 
Representatives  in  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  au- 
thority of  the  same,  That  Moses  Brown,  William  Bartlet, 
George  Bliss,  Calvin  Chapin,  and  Jeremiah  Day,  Visitors 
of  the  Theol.  Institution  in  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover, 
and  their  successors,  be  and  they  hereby  are  constituted  a 
corporation  by  the  name  of  the  Visitors  of  the  Theol.  In- 
stitution in  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover  :  to  be  the 
Guardians,  Overseers  and  Protectors  of  such  donations  as 
have  been  or  hereafter  may  be  made  subject  to  their  in- 
spection, with  the  assent  of  the  Trustees  of  said  Academy 
according  to  the  terms  and  conditions  prescribed  by  the 
Statutes  of  the  Founders  thereof,  agreeably  to  the  inten- 
tion of  the  Founders  of  said  Academy,  and  as  such  corpo- 
ration, may  do  and  perform  all  acts  and  things  required  of 
them  by  such  statutes  :  provided  that  the  corporation 
hereby  created  shall  have  no  power  to  take  or  hold  real  or 
personal  estate  without  the  consent  of  the  Commonwealth 
expressly  given  therefor  : 

Section  11.  Be  it  further  enacted,  that  the  first  meeting 
of  said  Visitors  may  be  called  by  either  of  the  members  of 
said  Board;  and  at  such  or  at  any  future  meeting  duly  called 
for  that  purpose,  they  may  establish  such  rules  and  regu- 


166 

lations  for  the  government  of  said  Board  as  they  may 
think  proper :  Provided  the  same  shall  not  be  repugnant 
to  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  this  Commonwealth,  nor 
to  the  Statutes  of  the  Founders  of  said  Institution. 

Section  III.  Be  it  further  enated,  That  if  the  said  Visi- 
tors shall,  at  any  time,  act  contrary  to  the  Statutes  of  the 
Founders  of  said  Institution,  or  exceed  the  limits  of  their 
jurisdiction,  the  party  aggrieved  may  appeal  to  the  Su- 
preme Judicial  Court,  to  be  holden  within  and  for  the 
County  of  Essex  :  and  the  said  Supreme  Judicial  Court, 
which  may  be  authorized  to  decide  questions  of  law  in 
civil  actions,  is  hereby  authorized  to  declare  null  and 
void  any  decree  or  sentence  of  the  Visitors,  which  they  may 
consider  contrary  to  the  Statutes  of  the  Founders  and  be- 
yond the  just  limits  of  the  power  prescribed  to  them  there- 
by :  Provided,  however,  that  nothing  herein  contained 
shall  be  construed  to  limit  or  restrain  the  Supreme  Judi- 
cial Court  from  exercising  all  such  jurisdiction,  in  relation 
to  said  Corporation  as,  by  law,  they  might  exercise,  had 
not  this  special  provision  been  made. 

Approved  by  the  Governor,  Jan.  17,  1824. 

Alden  Bradford,  Sec'ry. 

Voted,  that  this  Board  concur  in  all  the  votes  and  doings 
of  the  Board  of  Visitors,  passed  and  transacted  on  the  26th 
day  of  May  last,  under  the  Act  aforesaid,  and  that  the 
same  be  recorded  at  length,  in  the  records  of  this  Board. 
The  Board  of  Visitors,  at  their  meeting  at  Springfield, Mass., 
26th  day  of  May,  1824,  after  due  consideration  of  the  above- 
recited  Act,  voted  unanimously  to  accept  the  said  Act 
subject  to  the  provisions  thereof,  and  to  proceed  to  organ- 
ize the  Corporation  under  the  same.  Whereupon  Wil- 
liam Bartlet,  Esq.  was  chosen  President,  and  Rev.  Calvin 
Chapin  Secretary  of  the  said  Visitors. 

Seminary  Eecords,  pages  221,222,  223. 


167 


1§24  — May  3,  ct.  seq. 
DONATIONS  BY  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

Received  of  him  for  the  general  purposes  of  the  Institu- 
tion, $2,000. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  28.— Journal,  pages  180,  205,  229,  251. 


1825  — Jan.  1. 

DONATION  BY  DPv.  EBENEZER  PORTER. 

Wishing  to  contribute  a  portion  of  my  earthly  substance, 
according  to  the  ability  God  hath  given  me,  for  the  fur- 
therance of  the  Gospel  of  Christ  and  especially  to  aid  in 
raising  up  a  succession  of  able  and  pious  men  for  the  min- 
istry of  the  word  of  life ;  —  I,  Ebenezer  Porter,  of  Andover, 
in  the  County  of  Essex  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachu- 
setts, Doctor  in  Divinity,  do  hereby  give,  assign,  and  set 
over  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the  sum  of  One 
Thousand  Dollars,  in  sacred  trust,  for  the  founding  of  a 
scholarship  in  the  Theological  Institution  under  their  care  : 
the  said  sum  of  One  Thousand  Dollars  to  be  by  the  said 
Trustees  placed  out  at  interest,  on  good  security,  or  vested 
in  sure  and  permanent  funds,  and  the  interest  or  income 
shall  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  of  a  scholar  or  schol- 
ars, of  any  Protestant  denomination,  of  approved  character 
as  to  talents,  piety,  and  strict  conformity  to  the  rules  of  the 
Seminary,  to  be  selected  by  the  Faculty  and  Committee 
of  Exigencies  jointly.  Provided,  however,  and  I  do  make 
this  reservation,  that  if  my  circumstances  shall,  in  my 
judgment,  require  it  for  my  support  during  my  natural  life  ; 
or  the  circumstances  of  my  wife,  after  my  decease,  if  she 
shall  outlive  me,  shall,  in  her  judgment,  require  it  for  her 
support,  we  shall  respectively  have  the  right,  in  such  case, 


168 

to  claim  and  receive,  and  apply  to  our  own  use,  the  whole 
of  the  principal  of  said  fund,  allowing  for  any  unavoidable 
loss  which  may  happen  in  the  investment  and  manage- 
ment of  said  fund.  But  if  not  so  required  by  myself  or  my 
widow,  the  said  fund  shall  continue  on  interest,  and  the 
interest  be  applied,  from  year  to  year,  to  the  support  of  a 
scholar  or  scholars  in  the  Theological  Institution,  of  the 
character  and  in  the  manner  above  described. 

Moreover,  I  do  make  this  farther  reservation,  that,  during 
my  natural  life  I  shall  have  the  right,  and  my  widow  af- 
ter my  decease,  shall  have  the  same  right,  to  select  the 
scholar  to  enjoy  the  benefit  of  this  Foundation. 

In  witness  of  all  which  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  this  first  day  of  January,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-five. 

Signed,  Sealed,  and  Delivered,  77      P/->T>'rfn      (a\ 

in  presence  of  ^-    AOUlt.K.    \b.) 

Samuel  Farrau. 

Record  of  Wills,  etc.  page  18. 


1§25  — Aug.  23. 

DONATION  BY  REV.  DR.  HOLMES. 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  presented  to  the 
Rev.  Dr.  Holmes  for  his  generous  present  of  a  Plate  of  the 
Emblematic  engraving. 

Voted,  that  the  Plate  be  committed  to  the  Librarian 
for  the  use  of  the  Theological  Library. 

Seminary  Records,  page  228. 


169 

1826  — Sept.  26. 

DONATION  BY  WILLIAM  ROPES,  ESQ. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  I  William  Ropes 
of  Boston  in  the  County  of  Suffolk  and  Commonwealth 
of  Massachusetts,  Merchant,  do  hereby  give  to  the  Trus- 
tees of  Phillips  Academy  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars ;,  four  hundred  dollars  of  which,  I  now  herewith  pay  to 
the  said  Trustees,  and  the  remaining  six  hundred  dollars, 
I  hereby  engage  to  pay  to  the  said  Trustees,  within  two 
years,  and  in  such  proportions,  and  at  such  times,  as  to 
meet  the  appropriations  hereinafter  made  of  the  same. 
The  said  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  given  as  aforesaid, 
I  intend  for  the  benefit  of  indigent  members  of  the  re- 
spective Senior  classes  at  the  time  of  their  leaving  the 
Seminary,  to  be  loaned  to  them  for  the  purpose  of  aiding 
them  in  paying  up  their  little  debts,  and  to  furnish  them 
with  the  means  of  commencing  their  professional  labors, 
to  be  repaid  with  interest  as  hereinafter  provided.  And 
as  to  the  particular  management  of  the  said  fund,  my  request 
is,  that  the  Professors  and  Treasurer  of  the  Seminary  for 
the  time  being  be  the  Board  for  the  distribution  thereof 
from  year  to  year,  that  it  be  loaned  to  such  Students  of 
each  Senior  class,  as  shall  most  need  and  deserve  pecuni- 
ary assistance,  on  such  security  as  the  said  Professors 
and  Treasurer  shall  direct ;  that  the  loans  be  determined 
and  made,  ordinarily,  within  three  weeks  next  preceding 
the  end  of  their  regular  course  of  Studies  in  the  Seminary, 
but  in  some  especial  cases  the  time  may  be  extended  at 
the  discretion  of  the  said  Professors  and  Treasurer;  that 
the  time  of  credit  be  such  that  one  third  of  the  principal 
together  with  the  interest  on  the  whole  sum  be  paid 
within  one  year,  one  other  third  of  the  principal  together 
with  interest  as  aforesaid  in  two  years,  and  the 
remaining  third  of  the  principal  with  the  balance  of  inter- 

22 


170 

est  in  three  years ;  but  that  the  whole  may  be  paid  in  a 
shorter  period  if  found  convenient. 

The  four  hundred  dollars  which  I  now  herewith  pay,  I 
design  for  the  present  Senior  class ;  the  one  third  of  that 
sum  which  will  be  repaid  at  the  close  of  the  next  year 
together  with  the  second  instalment  which  I  shall  pay 
towards  the  principal  fund,  will  make  out  a  like  sum  of  four 
hundred  dollars  for  the  next  Senior  class,  and  in  like  man- 
ner will  the  same  be  made  out  for  the  third  Senior  class ; 
and  by  the  annual  payment  of  one  third  of  the  principal, 
similar  provision  will  be  made  for  every  future  Senior 
class,  increased  annually  by  the  addition  of  the  interest. 
And  my  desire  is  that  the  loans  continue  to  be  made  to 
the  respective  classes,  including  the  accumulation  of  inter- 
est as  aforesaid  in  all  future  years,  provided  it  be  needed 
by  such  persons,  as  the  said  Professors  and  Treasurer 
judge  to  be  proper  subjects  of  such  a  charity. 

But  if  in  the  process  of  time  and  in  the  progress  of  the 
accumulation  of  said  fund,  it  shall  not  all  be  wanted  for 
the  purpose  originally  intended,  or  if  in  some  particular 
years,  owing  to  particular  circumstances  in  some  particu- 
lar classes,  it  shall  not  all  be  wanted  for  its  original  ob- 
ject, the  surplus  may  be  loaned  to  indigent  members  of 
other  classes  besides  the  Senior  class,  for  such  term  and 
on  such  conditions,  as  the  said  Professors  and  Treasurer 
shall  direct,  and  the  interest  be  added  to  the  fund  as 
above  directed.  And  if  after  all  the  accumulation  of  the 
fund  in  the  process  of  time,  shall  be  such  that  all  shall 
not  be  wanted  for  the  purposes  above  specified,  my  desire 
is,  that  when  the  said  fund  shall  have  arisen  to  the  sum 
of  five  thousand  dollars,  the  surplus  not  wanted  for  the 
purposes  above  specified,  may  be  laid  out  at  the  discre- 
tion of  said  Professors  and  Treasurer  in  the  purchase  of 
books  for  the  Library  of  the  said  Theological  Institution. 
Finally  I  would  exhort  the  Students  who  may  receive 
any  of  the  fund  herein  provided,  to  strict  economy  in  all 


171 

their  expenses,  and  to  the  punctual  repayment  of  the  loan 
made  them. 

That  grace,  mercy,  and  peace  may  abound  to  the  Guar- 
dians and  Instructors  of  the  said  Seminary  and  all  under 
then-  care,  and  that  the  fruits  of  the  said  Seminary  may 
abound  in  all  future  time  to  the  glory  of  God,  is  the 
hearty  prayer  of  him  who  makes  this  dedication  of  the 
substance  which  God  has  given  him  to  the  promotion  of 
Its  great  mterests. 

Witness  my  hand  and  seal,  this  twenty-sixth  day  of 
September,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  twenty-six. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered, 
in  presence  of  us, 

JosiAH   Moore,  ^Wtttta^t  "R^  /    \ 

t  ttt^    ^  william  kopes.  (s.) 

James  W.  Osborn.  ' 

Whereas  it  has  been  thought  expedient  by  the  Trustees 
ol   Phillips  Academy,  as  well  as  by  the  Professors  of  the 
Iheological  Seminary,  for  the  benefit  of  which  the  within 
donation  has  been  made,  that  not  only  the  whole  control 
and  direction,  but  also  the  distribution  of  the  fund  consti- 
tuted by  said  donation,  should  always  remain  with  said 
irustees;— I  do    hereby  amend  the  within  Instrument 
by  consent  of  all  parties,  and  do  make  it  as  a  condition 
of  the  same,   that  the   whole   control    and    direction  of 
said  fund  be  vested   wholly  in   said    Trustees,  and  that 
the  annual    distribution    of  the  same,    agreeably  to  the 
tenor  of  the   within  instrument  be    made   by  them  or  a 
Committee   of  their   Board    duly  appointed,  or  by  any 
agent   or  agents  of  their  appointment,    said   Committee 
or  agent    or   agents  being  annually  appointed  for   that 
purpose,  in  order  that  no  ground  whatever  may  exist  for 
the  Students  to  suspect  that  the  least  degree  of  partiality 
may  influence  the  distribution  of  the  same. 

I  do  also,  by  consent  of  all  parties,  reserve  to  myself 
the  right  of  making  such  alterations  in  the  within  instru- 
ment during  my  life  as  may  not  be  objected  to  by  said 


172 

In  witness  whereof,  1  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  this  thirteenth  day  of  November,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-seven. 

Signed,  Sealed,  and  Delivered, 
in  presence  of 

JosiAH  MooKE,  William  Ropes,  (s.) 

H.  B.  Hubbard. 

Kecord  of  Wills,  etc.,  pages  24,  25,  26. 

The  Treasurer  having  laid  before  this  Board  an  Instru- 
ment, being  a  proffer  of  a  donation  made  by  William 
Ropes,  Esq.,  of  the  sum  of  One  Thousand  dollars,  to  be 
distributed  in  the  promotion  of  the  objects  of  this  Institu- 
tion, and  a  question  arising  whether  some  of  the  provi- 
sions of  that  Instrument  were  not  such  as  it  might  be  in- 
expedient for  this  Board  to  accept.     Therefore, 

Voted,  that  the  thanks  of  this  Boaid  be  presented  to 
Mr.  Ropes,  for  his  liberal  oflfer,  and  for  the  interest  he  has 
exhibited  in  this  Institution,  and  that  the  President  and 
the  Rev.  Mr.  Wisner  be  a  Committee  to  have  an  inter- 
view with  Mr.  Ropes  and  to  explain  to  him  the  difficul- 
ties which  have  arisen  on  the  terms  of  his  donation,  and 
the  views  of  this  Board  on  the  subject,  and  to  report  the 
result  of  such  interview. 

Seminary  Kecords,  pages  242,  243. 


l§ii«  — Oct.  26. 

LEGACY  OF  MISS  NANCY  INGERSOLL. 

Marblehead,  October  26,  1826. 

To   Samuel  Farrar,  Esq. 

Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy  and  Theological  Seminary,  Andover, 

My  Dear  Sir, 
I  have  great  pleasure  in  forwarding  the  subjoined  check 
for  five  hundred  dollars  for  our  respected  sister,  Mrs.  Sarah 
Hooper,  only  heir  of  Miss  Nancy  Ingersoll,  late  of  Beverly 


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(her  sister).  It  being  in  discharge  of  a  bequest,  in  the  last 
will  and  testament  of  said  Miss  IngersoU  to  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  Andover,  which  Mrs.  Hooper  is  desi- 
rous of  fulfilling,  although  the  will  was  not  deemed  law- 
fully executed  and  not  proven. 

You  will  please  forward  your  receipt  therefor,  to  Mrs. 
Hooper,  as  transmitted  by 

Your  very  respectfully 
Obedient  Servant, 

William  Reed. 
See  Pile  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


1827  — May  25. 

LEGACY  OP  HIS  HONOR  WILLIAM  PHILLIPS. 

Extract  from  his  Will. 

Item.  I  give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  in 
Andover,  for  the  use  of  the  Theological  Institution  there 
situated,  the  sum  of  Ten  Thousand  Dollars ;  and  my  will 
is.  That  Five  Thousand  dollars  of  said  sum,  together  with 
the  annual  increase  thereof  shall  constitute  a  capital  stock, 
which  is  forever  hereafter  to  be  kept,  or  annually  put  out 
to  interest,  and  of  which  a  separate  and  distinct  account 
shall  be  kept ;  and  my  will  is,  that  one  third  of  the  income 
of  said  capital  stock  shall  be  annually  added  to  the  said 
capital  stock  for  the  increase  thereof,  and  that  the  remain- 
ing two  thirds  shall  be  expended  in  the  purchase  of  books 
for  the  Library  of  said  Theological  Institution  ;  and  what- 
ever part  of  the  remaining  two  thirds  shall  not  be  so  ex- 
pended, within  any  current  year,  shall  be  added  to  the  said 
capital  stock  ;  and  Avhenever  the  same  shall  amount  to 
Twenty  Thousand  dollars,  I  then  will  and  order,  that  the 
cumulative  principle  herein  established  shall  cease,  and 
that  thereafter  the  whole  annual  income  thereof  be  at  the 


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disposal  of  said  Trustees/to  be  applied,  at  their  discretion, 
for  the  benefit  of  said  Theological  Institution.  And  my 
will  is,  that  the  remaining  Five  Thousand  dollars  shall 
constitute  a  fund,  the  income  of  which  shall  be  applied,  at 
the  discretion  of  said  Trustees,  for  the  education  and  sup- 
port of  indigent  scholars. 

Academy  Records,  pages  387,  388. 


1827  —  May. 

DONATION  BY  HENRY  HOMES  ESQ. 

E,eceived  of  him  for  the  foundation  of  a  Scholarship, 
$1,000,00. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  252. 

1S44. 

The  principal  sum  withdrawn  agreeably  to  his  Letter 
originally  bestowing  the  same,  and  the  security  delivered  to 
him  per  vote  of  Trustees. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  74. 


1830  — July  31. 

DONATION  BY  DR.  EBENEZER  PORTER. 

Wishing  to  contribute,  in  some  farther  degree,  to  aid  in 
raising  up  a  succession  of  able  and  pious  men  for  the 
ministry  of  the  gospel  of  Christ,  I  Ebenezer  Porter  of  An- 
dover,  in  the  County  of  Essex  and  Commonwealth  of  Mas- 
sachusetts, Doctor  in  Divinity,  do  hereby  give,  assign,  and 
set  over  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the  sum  of 
One  Thousand  Dollars,  in  sacred  trust,  for  the  founding 
of  a  second  scholarship  in  the  Theological  Institution  un- 
der their  care  ;  the  said  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  to  be 


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by  the  said  Trustees  placed  out  at  interest,  on  good  secu- 
ty,  or  vested  in  sure  and  permanent  funds,  and  the  interest 
or  income  shall  be  applied  to  the  maintenance  of  a  scholar 
or  scholars,  of  any  Protestant  denomination,  of  approved 
character  as  to  talents,  piety,  and  strict  conformity  to  the 
rules  of  the  Seminary,  to  be  selected  by  the  Faculty  and 
Committee  of  Exigencies  jointly  :  Provided,  however,  and 
I  do  make  this  reservation,  that  if  my  circumstances  shall, 
in  my  judgment,  require  it  for  my  support,  during  my  natu- 
ral life,;  or  the  circumstances  of  my  wife,  after  my  decease, 
if  she  shall  outlive  me,  shall,  in  her  judgment,  require  it  for 
her  support,  we  shall,  respectively,  have  the  right,  in  such 
case,  to  claim  and  receive,  apply  to  our  own  use  the  whole 
of  the  principal  of  said  fund,  allowing  for  any  unavoidable 
loss  which  may  happen  in  the  investment  and  manage- 
ment of  said  fund.  But  if  not  so  required,  by  myself  or  my 
widow,  the  said^fund  shall  continue  on  interest,  and  the 
interest  be  applied,  from  year  to  year,  to  the  support  of  a 
scholar  or  scholars,  in  the  Theological  Institution,  of  the 
character  and  in  the  manner  above  described.  Moreover, 
I  do  make  this  farther  reservation,  that,  during  my  natural 
life,  I  shall  have  the  right,  and  my  widow,  after  my  de- 
cease, shall  have  the  same  right,  to  select  the  scholar  to 
enjoy  the  benefit  of  this  foundation. 

In  witness  of  all  which,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal  this  thirty-first  day  of  Jnly,  in  the  year  of  our 
Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  thirty. 

Signed,  Sealed,  and  Delivered,  -n      n  /     \ 

in  presence  of  Jli.    JrORTER.     (s.) 

Samuel  Farrar. 

Eecord  of  Wills,  etc.  page  19. 


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1830  —  Sept.  23,  et  seq. 

PROPOSAL   OF  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ.,  RESPECTING 
PRESIDENT'S  SALARY. 

Andover,  Sept.  23,  1830. 

To  the   Honorable  and  Reverend  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy, 

Gentlemen, 
It  having  been  communicated  to  me  that  Dr.  Porter  has 
determined  to  resign  his  office  of  Professor  of  Sacred 
Rhetoric  in  this  Institution,  and  that  it  is  the  wish  of  the 
Trustees  to  continue  him  in  the  office  of  President  of  the 
Seminary,  provided  means  can  be  furnished  for  his  sup- 
port, and  being  myself  convinced  that  such  an  arrange- 
ment will  be  for  the  best  interest  of  the  Institution,  and 
being  aware  of  the  difficulty  of  supporting  an  additional 
member  of  the  Faculty,  I  have  concluded  that,  in  consider- 
ation of  the  Trustees  continuing  Dr.  Porter  in  the  office  of 
President  of  the  Institution,  if  they  will  grant  him  the  use 
of  the  house  he  now  occupies,  I  will  give  one  thousand 
dollars  for  his  support  in  the  office  of  President  for  the  year 
ensuing ;  this,  however,  to  take  effect  as  soon  as  the  salary 
of  the  new  Professor  commences,  and  that,  in  the  mean 
time  Dr.  Porter  receive  the  salary  attached  to  the  office  of 
Professor  ;  and  it  may  be  satisfactory  to  you  to  have  me 
add,  that  if  there  should  be  no  unfavorable  change  in  my 
circumstances,  I  may  continue  this  grant  of  one  thousand 
dollars,  from  year  to  year,  during  the  time  that  Dr.  Porter 
may  remain  in  the  office  of  President,  unless  some  other 
provision  should  be  made  for  the  permanent  support  of  this 
officer  of  the  Institution. 

Yours  respectfully, 

William  BaRtlet. 
See  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 


177 


To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover, 
Gentlemen, 

Having  a  strong  desire  to  see  the  Presidency  in  the 
Theological  department  in  said  Academy  filled  by  one 
fully  competent  to  all  its  duties,  and  to  such  other  duties 
in  the  department  of  instruction  as  the  Trustees  may  think 
proper  to  appoint  unto  him ;  and  having  full  confidence 
in  the  Rev.  Jeremiah  Day,  D.  D.,  of  New  Haven,  as  pos- 
sessing all  those  qualifications  in  an  eminent  degree,  I  do 
hereby  propose  and  engage,  that  if  the  Trustees  shall  co- 
incide with  my  views  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Day,  as  qualified  for 
said  office,  and  shall  elect  him  thereunto,  and  if  he  shall 
accept  thereof,  I  will  pay  to  them  annually,  for  the  mainte- 
nance and  use  of  the  said  President  and  for  his  salary, 
Fifteen  Hundred  Dollars,  to  be  continued  for  five  years,  to 
commence  on  the  day  of  his  inauguration  into  the  said 
office. 

And  I  beg  leave  further  to  express  my  wish  that  the  said 
President  shall,  in  addition  to  his  salary  above  named, 
have  the  occupation  and  use  of  the  DwelHng-house,  out- 
houses, and  Garden,  lately  occupied  by  his  predecessor  in 
said  office  (the  Rev.  Ebenezer  Porter,  D.  D.  deceased), 
during  his  continuance  in  said  office,  free  from  rent. 

Seeking  the  approbation  and  blessing  of  the  great  Head 
of  the  church,  on  all  our  efforts  to  promote  his  cause  in  the 
world, 

I  am.  Gentlemen, 

With  much  respect. 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
Newbury  port,  June  3,  1835. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  387,  388. 

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178 


Newbur3'port,  April  15,  1836. 

Hon.  Samuel  Hubbard,  and 
Samuel   T.   Armstrong, 
Gentlemen, 

Your  letters  are  received,  requesting  me  to  aid  in  the 
filling  up  the  vacancy  of  Presidency  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  at  Andover.  I  have  had  it  in  mind  day  and 
night  since  the  receipt  of  your  letters,  and,  having  con- 
sulted with  the  friends  of  the  Seminary,  have  concluded  to 
pay  a  salary  of  the  President,  should  it  be  Dr.  Edwards, 
of  Fifteen  Hundred  dollars  per  annum,  for  five  years,  or 
as  long  as  he  shall  hold  the  office  of  President,  not  exceed- 
ing that  term  of  five  years.  I  thank  you  for  your  good 
wishes,  and  wishing  you  both  health  and  prosperity,  re- 
main. 

Yours  with  the  greatest  respect, 

William  Bartlet. 

Seminary  Eecords,  pages  400,  401. 


1§30,  et  seq. 

DONATIONS  BY  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ., 
FOR  PRESIDENT'S  SALARY. 

Received  of  him,  $1,272,00 

375,00 
1,969,52 
], 500,00 
1,500,00 
1,500,00 
375,00 
275,00 


$8,766,52 

-    Asso.  Ledger,  pages  50,  5L— Journal,  pages  161,  182,  189,  195,  199,  205, 
210-12. 


179 

1831  —  Nov.  §. 

LEGACY  OF  JOSEPH  MITCHELL,  ESQ. 

Extract  from  his  Will, 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  in  Andover,  the  sum  of  four  hundred  dollars  for 
the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Theological  Institution,  to  be 
so  managed  and  disposed  of  by  the  said  Trustees,  as  in 
their  judgment  shall  best  promote  the  great  object  of 
educating  pious  young  men  for  the  ministry  in  said  Insti- 
tution. 

Record  of  Wills,  etc.,  page  28. 

This  Legacy  was  paid  April,  1832. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  12. 


1§33— July  1. 

PROPOSAL  OF  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ.,  TO  BUILD 
A  PROFESSOR'S  HOUSE. 

Newburyport,  July  1,  1833. 
Samuel  Farrar  Esq, 
Dear  Sir, 
I  am  ready  to  pay  the  five  hundred  dollars,  being  the 
one  half  the  one 'thousand  dollars,   I  agreed  to  pay  for 
Dr.  Skinner's  salary.     I  also  wish  him  to  have  a  house, 
for  which  I  will  give  for  the  building  of  it,  Five  thousand 
dollars  to  be  paid  as  shall  be  wanted.     I  think  Doctor 
Skinner  a  great  acquisition  to  the  Seminary,  and  his  use- 
fulness I  hope  will  be  blest :  he  has   been  here,  and  we 
have  enjoyed  his  company  with  great  satisfaction.     My 
respects  to  Mrs.  Farrar,  and  all  our  friends  at  Andover 
I  am,  Sir,  sincere  friendship. 

Your  most  obedient  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
See  File  of  Wills  and  Letters. 


180 


Newburyport,  August  8,  1833. 

Samuel  Farrar  Esquire, 
Dear  Sir, 
Inclosed  is  ten  one  hundred  dollar  bills,  making  one 
thousand  dollars,  which  I  send  you  to  be  credited  to  my 
donation  for  building  a  house  for  the  Professorship  now 
filled  by  Doctor  Skinner,  which  when  received  please  give 
me  notice.     I  mean  to  furnish  you  with  money  for  build- 
ing the  house  as  fast  as  it  is  wanted,  to  the  amount  of 
Five  thousand  dollars. 
I  am  Sir, 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

William  Bartlet. 
See  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 

The  aforesaid  communications  having  been  read. 
Voted.  That  the  Trustees  gratefully  accept  the  dona- 
tion therein  proposed,  and  in  part  made,  and  that  a  suita- 
ble portion  of  land  between  the  houses  now  occupied  by 
the  Treasurer  and  by  Professor  Robinson,  be  appropriated 
for  the  location  of  the  house  provided  for  in  said  commu- 
nications. 

Seminary  Kecords,  page  367. 


1835  — Feb.  2. 

LEGACY  OF  MISS  REBECCA  WALDO. 

Extract  from  her  Will. 

Sixth.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  several  religious  and 
charitable  Institutions  hereafter  named,  the  several  sums 
herein  specified,  to  be  received  by  them  respectively,  in  trust, 
and  to  be  appropriated  at  their  discretion,  in  promoting  the 


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benevolent  objects  of  their  establishment.  And  I  direct  my 
said  executors  to  pay  the  same  within  one  year  after  my 
decease  ;  that  is  to  say  :  — 

To  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts, the  sum  of  Two  Thousand  dollars. 

Eighth.  Upon  the  decease  of  both  my  said  sisters,  I  direct 
my  said  Executors,  in  further  execution  of  the  trusts  herein 
created,  to  pay  from  said  residue  invested  as  aforesaid,  the 
following  legacies,  to  wit :  To  the  said  Theological  Semi- 
nary at  Andover,  Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  Five  Thou- 
sand dollars. 

See  File  of  Wills  and  Letters. 

The  first  item  of  this  bequest  was  paid  May  1st,  1841. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  260. 

The  second  was  paid  December  25,  1851. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  334. 


1S36  — Jan.  29,  et  seq. 

CONTEIBUTIONS  FOR  HEBREW  PROFESSOR'S  SALARY. 

Received  from  Dr.  Eben'r  Burgess,  $200,00 

«  »      S.  T.  Armstrong,  Esq.,  100,00 


$300,00 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  98. — Journal,  pages  176,  201. 


182 

1837  — Feb.  23. 

LEGACY  OF  HON.  WILLIAM  EEED. 

Extract  from  his  "Will. 

Item,  Twenty- First.  —  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  Five  Thousand 
Dollars  for  the  purchase  of  books  for  the  Library  of  the 
Theological  Seminary  in  said  Academy. 

Item,  Twenty-Fourth.  —  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  the  sum  of 
Seven  Thousand  Dollars,  in  trust,  to  constitute  an  accu- 
mulating fund,  until,  by  its  increase,  at  an  interest  of  four 
per  cent,  per  annum,  it  shall  amount  to  Ten  Thousand 
Dollars,  when  its  whole  income  shall  be  given  and  se- 
cured for  the  use  and  benefit  of  the  Second  Congrega- 
tional Church  and  Society  in  the  Town  of  Marblehead, 
aforesaid,  on  the  following  conditions,  viz. :  that  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  meeting-house,  in  which  said  Church  and 
Society  statedly  worship,  shall  give  satisfactory  security 
on  receiving  the  income  of  this  fund,  that  it  shall  always 
be  faithfully  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  minister 
of  said  Church  and  Society,  who  shall  be  of  sound  ortho- 
dox, evangelical  and  Trinitarian  sentiments,  in  accord- 
ance generally  with  the  Westminster  Assembly's  Shorter 
Catechism,  and,  to  enable  this  Society  and  Church  to  re- 
ceive the  income  of  this  fund,  they  shall  furnish  a  correct 
copy  of  the  original  associate  convenant  of  said  Church, 
with  a  certified  copy  of  the  vote  of  said  Church,  or,  at 
least,  of  a  majority  of  the  male  members  in  communion 
of  their  determination  to  confirm  and  establish  it  as  firm, 
ly  as  they  are  able,  and  that  they  will  sacredly  apply  the 
income  of  said  fund  only  to  the  support  of  a  minister 
over  said  Church  and  Society  of  sound  orthodox  senti- 
ments, as  before  stated;  and  the  minister  who  shaU  be 
settled  over  said  Church  and  Society,  on  the  conditions 


183 

before  required  and  stated  herein,  shall,  before  entering  on 
the  duties  of  said  office,  sign  a  written  declaration  and 
statement  of  his  sentiments  in  full,  in  accordance  thereto, 
which  shall  be  renewed,  at  least,  once  in  five  years,  to  en- 
title him  to  the  income  of  this  fund :  Provided,  however, 
that,  if  said  Church  and  Society  should  decline  this  be- 
quest on  the  conditions  required,  the  said  Trustees  shall 
continue  to  accumulate  this  fund  for  the  term  of  twenty 
years  at  the  same  rate  of  interest ;  and  if,  at  the  expira- 
tion of  this  period,  the  said  Church  and  Society  shall  still 
reject  this  offer,  intended  solely  for  their  spiritual  benefit, 
for  whom  I  feel  a  deep  fraternal  affection ;  it  may  then  be 
given  and  applied  for  establishing  another  and  free  church 
in  said  Town  of  Marblehead,  on  the  same  principles  and 
conditions  as  provided  for  the  foregoing,  if,  in  the  opinion 
of  said  Trustees,  the  cause  of  sound  religious  sentiments, 
and  of  truth  and  piety  in  their  judgment  require  this  ad- 
ditional influence ;  otherwise  the  whole  of  said  fund  shall 
accrue  to  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for 
Foreign  Missions. 

Dated  February  2,  1837. 

Records  of  Wills,  etc.,  pages  29,  30. 

The  sum  of  $5000  bequeathed  in  the  first  item  of  this 
extract,  as  above  cited,  was  paid  August  22,  1855. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  473. 


1837  — Aug.  15. 

DONATION  BY  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ. 

Know  all  men  by  these  presents.  That  I,  William  Bart- 
let,  of  Newburyport,  in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Com- 
monwealth of  Massachusetts,  merchant,  in  consideration 
of  the  good  will  I  bear  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Aca- 
demy, in  Andover,  in  the  County  and  Commonwealth, 


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aforesaid,  and  towards  the  great  objects  with  which,  in 
their  capacity,  aforesaid,  they  are  intrusted,  and  in  consi- 
deration of  one  dollar  paid  me  in  hand,  by  the  said  Trus- 
tees, the  receipt  whereof  I  do  hereby  acknowledge,  and 
for  divers  other  good  causes  and  considerations  me  here- 
unto moving ;  —  Do,  for  myself  and  my  heirs,  remise,  re- 
lease, sell  and  forever  quit  claim  unto  the  said  Trustees, 
and  to  their  successors  in  said  office,  all  the  right,  title,  in- 
terest and  claim,  which  I  have,  or  in  any  manner  may  or 
can  have,  in,  unto,  or  upon,  a  certain  brick  dwelling  house 
which  was  built  by  me  in  the  years  1833  and  1834,  on 
land  in  Andover,  aforesaid,  belonging  to  the  said  Trus- 
tees, in  their  capacity,  aforesaid :  and  which  was  design- 
ed and  appropriated  for  the  residence  of  the  "  Professor 
of  Sacred  Rhetoric  "  in  the  Theological  Seminary,  in  said 
Academy. 

Together  with  all  the  estate,  right,  title,  interest,  use, 
property,  claim  and  demand  whatsoever,  of  me  the  said 
Bartlet,  which  I  now  have,  or  at  any  time  heretofore  had, 
of,  in,  and  to  the  aforementioned  premises,  with  the  ap- 
purtenances, or  to  any  part  thereof,  or  which  at  any  time 
heretofore  has  been  held,  used,  occupied  or  enjoyed  as 
part  or  parcel  of  the  same.  To  have  and  to  hold  all  the 
afore-granted  and  bargained  premises,  with  the  appurte- 
nances, to  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  to 
their  successors,  and  assigns  forever,  with  the  reversion 
and  reversions,  remainder  and  remainders  thereof ;  or  any 
part  or  parcel  thereof  forever ;  so  that  neither  I  the  said 
Bartlet,  nor  my  heirs,  nor  any  other  person  or  persons 
claiming  from  or  under  me  or  them,  or  in  the  name,  right, 
or  stead  of  me  or  them,  shall  or  will,  by  any  way  or 
means,  have,  claim,  challenge  or  demand  any  estate,  right, 
title,  or  interest  of,  in  and  to  the  aforesaid  premises,  with 
the  appurtenances,  or  any  part  or  parcel  thereof  forever. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  the  said  William  Bartlet,  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  this  fifteenth  day  of  Au- 


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gust,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
and  thirty-seven. 

Signed,  sealeil,  and  Delivered 
in  presence  of  us, 

Elizabeth   White,  William  Bartlet.   (s.) 

W.  B.  Banister. 

Essex  ss. 

August  15,  1837. —  Then  personally  appeared  the  afore- 
named William  Bartlet,  and  acknowledged  the  above  In- 
strument to  be  his  voluntary  deed. 
Before  me, 

W.  B.  Banister,  Justice  Peace. 

Essex  ss. 

Received  December,  8,  1838,  twenty-five  minutes  past 
three,  P.  M.  Recorded  Book  309,  Leaf  117,  and  exam- 
ined by 

R.  H.  French,  Reg-''r. 
See  File  of  Wills  and  Letters,  No.  59. 


i§41  — Feb.  y. 

LEGACY  OF  WILLIAM  BARTLET,  ESQ. 

Extract  from  his  Will. 

"  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Aca- 
demy, in  Andover,  the  sum  of  Fifty  Thousand  Dollars, 
and  to  their  successors  in  said  office ;  to  be  held  in  sacred 
trust  by  said  Trustees  and  their  successors,  for  the  use 
and  benefit  of  the  Theological  Institution  in  Phillips  Aca- 
demy, in  Andover. 

See  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 

This  Legacy  was  paid  October  16th  and  20th,  1843 ; 
December  5th  and  21st,  1843 ;  and  January  6th,  1844. 

See  Theo.  Ledger,  page  167. — Journal,  pages  54,  58,  6L 

24 


186 

Note :  —  The  whole  amount  received  was  $47,354,39 ;  — 
the  acting  executors  having  represented  to  the  Trustees, 
at  an  early  day,  that  the  estate  would  be  insufficient  to 
pay  the  legacies  in  full,  and  offering  to  pay  then,  if  the 
Trustees  would  consent  to  a  deduction  of  six  per  cent., 
and  the  Treasurer,  after  consulting  the  Trustees,  indivi- 
dually, having  assented  to  this  compromise,  and  given  a 
discharge  accordingly. 


1§42  —  Sept.  8. 

DONATION  BY  HON.  S.  T.  ARMSTRONG. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  confer  with  Hon.  S.  T. 
Armstrong,  on  the  subject  of  compensation  to  him  for 
personal  services  as  Treasurer,  have  considered  the  sub- 
ject and  beg  leave  to  report.  That  Five  Hundred  Dollars 
be  allowed  him  for  such  services,  and  that  the  thanks  of 
the  Board  be  presented  to  him  for  many  extra  labors  and 
attentions  performed  in  said  office  with  great  acceptance 
to  this  Board. 

The  following  letter  was  received  from  Hon.  Samuel 
T.  Armstrong,  and  was  ordered  to  be  entered  upon  the 
records. 

Amlover,  Sept.  8,  1842. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
Gentlemen, 

I  have  been  furnished  by  the  Clerk  with  a  copy  of  your 
vote,  tendering  to  me  the  sum  of  Five  Hundred  Dollars, 
as  compensation  for  services  rendered  by  me  as  Treasurer. 
If  my  services  have  been  of  value  to  the  Seminary,  I  am 
thereby  paid  to  my  satisfaction.     I  desire  to  decline  any 


187 

other  reward,  and   do   hereby  relinquish   any  claim   for 
pecuniary  compensation. 

Very  respectfully  and  sincerely, 
Your  Friend  and  Servant, 

Samuel  T.  Armstrong. 

Whereupon,  it  was  resolved,  that  the  thanks  of  the 
Board  be  given  to  Hon.  Samuel  T.  Armstrong,  for  his 
services  as  Treasurer,  and  for  his  generous  relinquishment 
of  the  pecuniary  compensation  above  voted,  as  justly  due 
to  him  for  those  services. 

Seminaiy  Records,  Vol.  II.  p.  11. 


1843  — Nov.  15. 

DONATION  BY  MISS  SARAH  W.  BANISTER. 

To  the  Reverend  and  Honorable  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy, 

Gentlemen, 

Permit  me,  in  behalf  of  my  daughter,  Sarah  W.  Banister, 
to  express  to  you  her  wish,  that  the  Professorship  founded 
by  her  late  grandfather,  Moses  Brown,  Esq.,  in  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  in  said  Academy,  should  be  made  as 
nearly  equal  as  may  be,  in  point  of  a  residence  for  the  Pro- 
fessor thereon,  and  for  his  temporal  accommodation,  with 
that  of  the  other  Professors  in  said  Seminary ;  for^this  pur- 
pose she  is  willing  to  advance,  and  hereby  tenders  to  the 
said  Trustees,  for  such  uses  for  the  said  Theological  Semi- 
nary as  they  may  think  proper,  the  sum  of  Four  Thousand 
dollars,  on  condition  that  the  dwelling-house  and  out- 
buildings attached  thereto,  and  the  adjoining  land  now 
occupied  by  Professor  Emerson,  together  with  the  two  lots 
of  land  purchased,  by  the  Trustees,  of  David  Hidden,  be 
appropriated  to  the  use  of  said  Professor  and  his  succes- 


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sors,  in  the  office  of  the  Brown  Professorship,  on  the  same 
terms  and  with  the  same  liabilities,  as  those  of  the  other 
Professors  under  the  Associate  Statutes. 
Very  respectfully 

Your  obedient  Servant, 

Wm.  B.  Banister. 
Andover,  Nov.  15,  1843. 

Voted,  That,  in  consideration  of  Four  Thousand  dollars, 
received  from  Miss  Sarah  W.  Banister,  the  dwelling-house 
and  out-buildings  attached  thereto,  and  the  adjoining  land 
now  occupied  by  Professor  Emerson,  together  with  two 
lots  of  land,  purchased  by  the  Trustees  of  David  Hidden, 
be  appropriated  to  the  use  of  the  Brown  Professorship  ;  on 
the  same  terms  and  with  the  same  liabilities  as  those  of 
the  other  Professors  under  the  Associate  Statutes. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  presented  to 
Miss  Sarah  W.  Banister,  for  her  generous  donation  of 
Four  Thousand  dollars,  for  the  benefit  of  the  Brown  Pro- 
fessorship. 

Sem.  Records,  Vol.  II.,  page  22. 


1§17  —  Dec.  1§. 
LEGACY  OF  DR.  JOHN  CODMAN. 

Extract  from  his  Will. 

Item.  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary in  Phillips  Academy  Andover,  all  those  books  of  my 
library  against  which  is  the  mark  of  the  letter  A  in  red 
ink  in  the  Catalogue  of  the  same,  but  none  others. 

See  File  of  Letters  and  Wills,  j 

It  having  been  communicated  to  this  Board  that  the 
late  Rev.  John  Codman,  D.  D.  had  made  a  highly  valua- 
ble bequest  of  his  extensive  Theological  Library,  and  that 


189 

the  same  had  been  received  according  to  the  provisions  of 
his  will. 

Voted.  That  we  accept  this  munificent  gift  with  high 
sentiments  of  gratitude  for  the  Christian  liberality  of  the  hon- 
ored donor,  and  direct  that  the  books  be  placed  in  one  of  the 
alcoves  of  the  Library,  to  bear  henceforth  the  name  of  the 
"  Codman  Alcove." 

Voted.  That  the  Clerk  communicate  a  copy  of  the 
foregoing  vote  to  the  family  of  the  late  Dr.  Codman. 

Seminary  Records,  Vol.  II.,  page  65. 


1§4§  — April  14. 

LEGACY  OF  JVDSS  SARAH  WALDO. 

Extract  from  her  Will. 

"  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  property  of  every  descrip- 
tion, after  deducting  the  expense  of  administration,  I  give 
and  bequeath  to  my  executors,  upon  the  following  trusts, 
and  to  the  following  uses,  and  to  no  other  use  or  purpose 
whatever :  that  is  to  say,  that  said  executors  shall  pay  the 
whole  of  said  residue  then  remaining  in  their  hands,  in  such 
notes,  bonds,  securities  or  stocks,  as  they  have  in  their  pos- 
session, to  the  Religious  and  Charitable  Institutions  or 
Societies,  hereafter  named,  to  be  received  by  the  proper 
officers  of  such  Societies  or  Institutions  respectively,  and 
appropriated  at  their  discretion  in  promoting  the  objects 
of  their  establishment. 

"  To  the  Theological  Seminaries  in  Bangor,  Andover, 
and  East  Windsor,  I  give  and  bequeath  the  sum  of 
Eight  Thousand  dollars  each. 

See  File  of  Letters  and  Wills. 

This  Legacy  was  paid  March  3,  1852. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  341. 


190 


1§54  — March  24. 

DEPOSIT  IN  TRUST  BY  THE  SAMARITAN  SOCIETY. 

Received  from  their  Treasurer,  $2,250,00. 

Thco.  Joui-nal,  page  411. 

This  Fund  is  held  by  the  Trustees  solely  for  the  use  of 
the  Society,  according  to  their  Constitution,  the  object  of 
the  Society  being  to  aid  needy  Students  in  the  Academy 
and  Seminary,  in  meeting  the  expenses  of  sickness;  and 
the  income  of  the  Fund  not  needed  for  this  use,  being  ad- 
ded to  the  principal. 


1855  — July  31. 

"SEMINARY  FUND"  INSTITUTED. 

The  Legacies  of  Mrs.  Cutler, 
"  "         "  Mrs.  Huntington, 

«  "         "  Miss  Ingersoll, 

"  "         "  Mr.    Mitchell, 

Amount  to  $2,100,00. 
Being  consolidated  and  made  the  foundation  of  a  new 
fund  under  this  name. 

Theo.  Journal,  page  472. 


SUPPLEMENT 


REPORT    OF    COMMITTEE 


DEEDS  OF  GIFT  AIs^D  DONATIONS. 


PRINTED    FOR   OFFICIAL  USE 

UNDER    THE    DIRECTION    OF    THE    TRUSTEES. 

XOT    PUBLISHED. 


A  N  D  0  V  E  R : 
PRINTED    BY    WARREN    F.    DRAPER 

18G2. 


At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  held  Mju-ch  20, 
1862,  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  President  and  Messrs.  Aiken  and  J.  L.  Taylor  be 
a  Committee  to  prepare  a  Supplement  to  the  Report  on  Deeds  of  Gift 
and  Donations  to  the  Institutions  connected  with  the  Board  ;  and  that 
they  be  authorized  to  print  two  hundred  copies  of  the  same. 


Pursuant  to  the  foregoing  vote,  the  undersigned  have  prepared  the 
following  Supplement  to  the  Report  heretofore  made  by  them  on  Deeds 
of  Gift  and  Donations  to  Phillips  Academy  and  to  the  Theological 
Seminary. 

JOHN   AIKEN, 

WM.  J.  HUBBARD,  )■  Committee. 

J.  L.  TAYLOR, 

Andover,  June  4,  1862. 


PHILLIPS    ACADEMY. 


ISS?,  et.  seq. 

STUDENTS'   EDUCATIONAL   FUND. 

Report,  pp.  64-66.     Amount  in  1856,  $  1,507 

1857,  March  27,  Samuel  Farrar,  Esq.,  second  donation,     500 
"      June  27,  Abbott  Lawrence,  Esq.,  donation  paid 

by  his  executor,  100 

1859,  July  23,  Class  of  59,  Phillips  Academy,  donation,       91 
1861,  Aug.  3,  Class  of '61,  «  »  30 

et.  seq.  

|2,228 

Academy  Ledger,  page  175 — Journal,  513,  et.  seq. 


1859,  et.  seq. 

ACADEMY  FUND. 

1859,  May  31.    Amount  set  apart  by  the  Treasurer 
from  current  income  to  commence  a  new- 
fund  for  special  uses,  $1,000.00 
Interest  added  to  principal,  175.50 


$1,175.50 

1859,  July  25.     "  The  Treasurer  having,  with  the  concur- 
rence of  the   Committee   of    Finance,   set  aside    from    the 


surplus  income  of  the  past  year  the  sum  of  one  thousand 
dollars  as  a  new  fund,  to  be  called  the  Academy  Fund, 

Voted,  That  the  income  of  said  fund  be  added  to  the 
principal  from  time  to  time,  and  in  no  case  used  by  the 
Treasurer  except  on  recommendation  of  the  Committee  of 
Finance,  and  by  special  vote  of  the  Board." 

Academy  Ledger,  page  184 — Journal,  page  42,  et.  seq. 
Academy  Records,  page  552. 


THEOLOGICAL    SEMINARY. 


1855,  et.  seq. 

STUDENTS'  SUPPORT. 

Contributions  by  Churches,  Sewing  Societies,  and  various 
individuals,  to  aid  the  Trustees  in  paying  current  appro- 
priations from  the  treasury  to  students,  viz. : 

1855-1856.  From  the  first  Church  in  South  Dan- 

vers,  and  others,  $250.00 

1856-1857.  From  the  first  Church  in  Haverhill,  and 

others,  574.00 

1857-1858.  From  T.  D.  Bond,  Esq.,  Wilmington,    ^ 

and  others,  575.50 

1858-1859.  From    G.    and    C.    Merriam,    Esqrs., 

Springfield,  and  others,  275.00 

1859-1860.  From   James   Tucker,  Jr.,  Esq.,   Dor- 
chester, and  others,  1,429.06 

1860-1861.  From    Mrs.    Susan    Farnham,    North 

Andover,  and  others,  613.00 

1861-1862.  From  Mrs.  Walter  Baker,  Dorchester, 

and  others,  527.13 


$4,243.69 


Among  the  more  frequent  and  liberal  contributors  to  this 
fund,  besides  those  above  named,  have  been  the  churches  in 
Lawrence,  the  Ladies'  Sewing  Societies  in  North  Andover, 
and  in  the  First  Church  in  Lowell,  the  Misses  Oliver  in 


Dorchester,  Mrs.  J.  Kittredge  and  Miss  Louisa  Thompson 
and  other  ladies  in  Boston,  and  several  gentlemen  in  Boston, 
Charlestown,  Worcester,  Hartford,  South  Danvers,  Salem, 
Andover  and  North  Andover,  and  numerous  other  places. 

Theological  Ledger,  page  242  —  Jourirtil,  page  494,  et.  seq. 


Boston, 


1S56,  et.  scq. 

BOSTON   FUND. 

This  fund,  given  by  friends  in  Boston  and  vicinity,  for 
the  purpose  of  "  increasing  the  salaries  of  the  permanent 
Professors"  in  the  Seminary,  was  secured  chiefly  in  1856- 
1858;  the  effort  being  for  a  time  interrupted  and  imperiled 
by  the  extreme  financial  disasters  in  the  autumn  of  1857, 
and  a  portion  of  the  amount  pledged  having  been  lost  from 
the  same  cause. 

The  principal  subscriptions  made  and  paid  were  as  fol- 
lows, viz. : 

$1000 

1000 

1000 

1000 

1000 

]000 

1000 

1000 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 

500 


Samuel  Johnson,  Esq., 
Abner  Kingman,  Esq., 
William  Ropes,  Esq., 
Charles  Stoddard,  Esq., 
John  Tappan,  Esq., 
Joseph  C.  Tyler,  Esq., 
John  Field,  Esq., 
Mrs.  Sarah  W.  Hale, 
Mrs.  Margaret  L.  Abbe, 
Hon.  Alpheus  Hardy, 
Samuel,  Johnson,  Jr.,  Esq., 
Frederick  Jones,  Esq., 
Rev.  Edward  N.  Kirk,  D.D., 
Gilman  S.  Low,  Esq., 
Edward  S.  Tobey,  Esq., 
Jerome  W.  Tyler  Esq., 
S.  D.  Warren,  Esq., 


West  Cambridge, 

Newburyport, 

Boston, 


Nathan  Carruth,  Esq., 
Misses  B.  &  N,  Oliver, 
B.  M.  C.  Durfee,  Esq., 
Hon.  John  Aiken, 
Prof.  E.  P.  Barrows, 
Rev.  James  Means, 
Prof.  E.  A.  Park, 
Prof.  Austin  Phelps, 
Prof  Wm.  G.  T.  Shedd, 
Prof  C.  E.  Stowe, 
Mrs.  H.  B.  Stowe, 
Rev.  J.  L.  Taylor, 
Ebenezer  Alden,  M.D., 
Eliot  Church, 
Thos.  W.  Nickerson,  Esq., 
William  Carlton,  Esq., 
Mrs.  Walter  Baker, 
Charles  Blake,  Esq., 
Julius  A.  Palmer,  Esq., 
George  R.  Sampson,  Esq., 
Caleb  Stetson,  Esq., 
Isaac  Cushing,  Esq., 
Geo   N.  Davis,  Esq., 
Jabez  C.  Howe,  Esq., 
Joseph  S.  Ropes,  Esq., 
Franklin  Snow,  Esq., 
George  W.  Thayer,  Esq., 
Jonathan  French,  Esq., 
Nathan  Durfee,  M.D., 
David  Whitcomb,  Esq., 
Tyler  Batcheller,  Esq., 
F.  A.  Brown,  Esq., 
Charles  Carruth,  Esq., 
Miss  Elizabeth  Eaton, 
Henry  Edwards,  Esq., 
Hon.  Wm.  T  Eustis, 
Ezra  Farnsworth,  Esq., 
2 


Dorchester, 

$500 

u 

500 

Fall  River, 

500 

And  over, 

500 

u 

500 

(( 

500 

(( 

500 

<( 

500 

u 

500 

a 

500 

u 

500 

u 

500 

Randolph, 

500 

Newton  Corner, 

550 

Boston, 

30O 

Charlestown, 

300 

Dorchester, 

300 

Boston, 

250 

u 

250 

u 

250 

Braintree, 

250 

Boston, 

200 

u 

200 

u 

200 

u 

200 

;( 

200 

u 

200 

Dorchester, 

200 

Fall  River, 

200 

Worcester, 

200 

Boston, 

150 

u 

100 

u 

100 

(( 

100 

(( 

100 

u 

100 

(( 

100 

10 


Thomas  A.  Ford,  Esq.,  Boston, 

Hon.  Joel  Giles,  « 

William  T.  Glidden,  Esq.,     .  " 

Messrs.  G.  W.  &  J.  B.  Hagar,  " 

Albert  Hobart,  Esq.,  " 

Messrs.  Hurd  &  Bowers,  " 

J.  B.  Kimball,  Esq.,  " 

James  Wm.  Kimball,  Esq.,  " 

Mrs.  J.  Kittredge,  " 

Mrs.  Amos  Lawrence,  " 

William  R.  Lovejoy,  Esq.,  " 

Isaac  Parker,  Esq.,  " 

George  E.  Porter,  Esq.,  " 

George  Rogers,  Esq.,  " 

S.  T.  Snow,  Esq.,  « 

James  S.  Stone,  Esq.,  " 

Edward  A.  Studley,  Esq.,  " 

Hon.  A.  H.  Twombly,  " 

Arthur  Wilkinson,  Esq.,  " 
Thomas  S.  Williams,  Esq., 
George  Hyde,  Esq., 
Mrs.  Maria  Brown, 
Rev.  James  Means, 
Mrs.  Joanna  Means, 
James  Tucker,  Jr.,  Esq., 
A.  G.  Peck,  Esq., 
Rev.  R.  S.  Storrs,  D.  D., 
Richard  Borden,  Esq., 
First  Evangelical  Church,  Cambridgeport, 

And  many  others  in  suras  of  less  than  $100  ;  the      

whole  amount  received  being  $28,170 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  248  —  Journal,  page  521,  et  seq. 


Charlestown, 
Dorchester, 


West  Cambridge, 
Braintree, 
Fall  River, 


$100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 


11 

1§56,  et  seq. 

NEWTON   CABINET. 

1856,  Aug.  4.  A  communication  having  been  read  from 
a  gentleman,  whose  name  was  not  disclosed,  proposing  to 
make  a  donation  to  the  Seminary  of  a  Cabinet  of  Natural 
History,  it  was  voted,  That  Dr.  Jackson  be  requested  to 
visit  said  Cabinet,  and  report  to  the  Committee  of  Exigen- 
cies ;  and  that  they  be  authorized  to  accept  of  the  donation 
on  the  terms  proposed,  if  in  their  judgment  it  is  clearly  for 
the  interest  of  the  Institution. 

1857,  Aug.  4.  Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be 
presented  to  Rev.  E.  H.  Newton,  of  Cambridge,  New  York, 
for  his  generous  donation  to  the  Institutions  under  their 
care  of  a  valuable  Cabinet,  comprising  relics  of  historic 
interest,  an  extensive  collection  of  coins,  and  specimens 
illustrating  various  departments  of  Natural  History,  and 
that  the  collection  be  called  the  "  Newton  Cabinet." 

Theo.  Records,  pages  156,  162. 

The  donation  indicated  by  these  extracts  from  the  Records 
of  the  Board  was  accompanied  by  no  formal  deed  of  gift; 
but  the  intention  of  the  donor  was  distinctly  and  often 
made  known  to  the  Trustees  at  the  time,  in  the  various 
verbal  communications  which  he  made  to  them,  through 
those  who  co-operated  with  him  in  the  transfer  and  arrange- 
ment of  the  Cabinet. 

In  preparing  this  supplement,  however,  it  was  deemed 
desirable  by  the  Committee  to  place  on  record  some  distinct 
statement  of  the  design  of  the  donor  in  his  gift,  which  they 
are  able  to  do,  in  the  subjoined  reply  of  Rev.  Mr.  Newton 
to  a  letter  of  inquiry  recently  addressed  to  him  by  Dr,  Jack- 
son, viz. : 


Marlborough,  Vt.,  June  20,  1862. 

Rev.  Samuel  C.  Jackson,  D.D.,  Trustee  of  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover,  Mass. 

Rev.  and  Dear  Sir : 

Your  welcome  letter  of  the  10th  inst.  is  duly  received, 
per  via  Cambridge,  New  York. 

In  regard  to  the  cabinet  of  minerals,  of  coins,  and  of 
relics  of  historical  interest  which  I  formerly  called  mine, 
and  of  which  you  inquire  my  intention  of  their  disposition, 
I  hereby  state  that  for  some  years  I  had  wished  to  present 
them  to  some  literary  institution,  where  they  might  have 
their  feeble  influence  in  promoting  the  cause  of  science,  and 
my  preference  was  in  behalf  of  theological  students  in  a 
theological  seminary. 

As  I  have  long  felt,  and  still  feel,  that  I  owe  to  the 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  much,  if  not  all,  that  I  am 
or  have  been,  under  God,  in  the  church,  I  was  induced  to 
make  inquiry  in  respect  to  their  reception  in  that  institution, 
for  the  benefit  of  students  connected  therewith.  I  was 
exceedingly  gratified,  and  still  am,  at  the  favorable  response 
received  from  the  honorable  Board  of  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  who  are  in  charge  of  said  Seminary,  and  tender 
to  the  said  Board  my  most  grateful  acknowledgment  of 
their  generous  aid  in  the  reception  and  deposit  of  the  said 
cabinet.  I  have  given  it  to  said  Board  of  Trustees,  in  their 
capacity  as  such,  to  be  disposed  of  in  such  way  and  manner 
as  in  their  sound  judgment  shall  best  promote  the  cause  of 
science;  not  wishing  to  embarrass  them  with  specifications 
detrimental  to  their  official  duties  in  the  management  of 
any  item  of  property  to  them  intrusted. 

Impressed  with  the  idea  that  the  Trustees  of  the  Acad- 
emy were  the  corporation  to  manage  the  concerns  of  the 
Seminary,  I  felt  a  delicacy  at  dictation  ;  and,  at  the  same 
time,  having  confidence  in  their  integrity,  wisdom,  and 
piety,  I  felt  safe  in  believing  that  their  management,  under 
all  circumstances,  will  be  better  than  I  can  dictate. 

Yet  were  it  proper,  I  do  not  know  that  I  can  express  my 


^$13 

views  any  more  satisfactorily  to  myself  than  those  which 
are  intimated  in  your  communication. 

Therefore,  I  say  it  was  my  intention  to  give  the  said 
cabinet  specially  and  specifically  to  the  Andover  Theological 
Seminary;  said  Seminary  to  own  the  property  thereof.  It 
was  also  my  intention  that  the  members  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy should  or  shall  have  access  to  it;  and  that  the  Trustees 
hold  and  manage  it,  so  far  as  practicable,  for  the  improve- 
ment of  all  who  resort  to  Andover  for  study. 

With  due  respect  I  subscribe  myself, 

Your  affectionate  friend, 

Ephraim   H.  Newton. 


1857,  et  seq. 

UNION   SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

This  Fund  comprises  various  Scholarships  endowed,  in 
full  or  in  part,  by  gift  or  by  legacy,  as  follows,  viz. : 

1857,  June  30.     South  Danvers  Scholarship. 

Donation   by   Hon.  Henry   Poor,  and  others 

in  the  first  Church,  South  Danvers,  $  1,230 

1858,  July  20.     1860,  Dec.  21.     Fay  Scholarships. 

Donations  by  Rev.  Warren  Fay,  D.D.,  North- 
borough,  2,000 

1859,  March  14,  et  seq.     Merriam  Scholarship. 

Donations  by  G.  and  C.  Merriam,  Esquires,  of 
Springfield  ;  the  endowment  contemplated 
being  not  yet  completed,  400 

1860,  March  16.     Patrick  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  John  Patrick,  Esq.,  of  Warren  ;  by 
his  will,  executed  October  31,  1857.  Mr. 
Patrick  died  March  16,  1858,  and  the  leg- 
acy was  paid  by  his  executor,  as  directed 
in  his  will,  two  years  from  that  date,  March 
16,1860,  "  1,000 


Extract  from  his  will,  to  wit : 

Sixteenth,  1  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  at  Andover,  Massachusetts,  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  for  the  purpose  of  founding  a  scholarship 
in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care,  to  be  called 
the  Patrick  Scholarship ;  the  income  of  this  endowment 
only  to  be  expended  for  the  support  of  a  needy  student  in 
said  Seminary,  from  year  to  year. 

By  this  will  Mr.  Patrick  also  provided  for  the  endowment 
of  a  second  scholarship  out  of  his  estate,  hereafter,  as  fol- 
lows, viz. : 

Eighteenth,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  my  Executor,  herein- 
after named,  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  in  trust,  to 
be  securely  invested  by  him,  and  interest  or  income  thereof 
to  be  paid  annually  to  my  wife,  Adaline  D.  Patrick,  during 
her  lifetime,  as  herein-before  provided.  And  the  remainder 
of  the  aforesaid  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  after  the 
decease  of  my  aforesaid  wife,  and  after  deducting  the 
necessary  expenses  of  said  Trustee,  I  give  and  bequeath  as 
follows,  viz. : 

First,  I  give  and  bequeath  (of  the  remainder  of  the  afore- 
said sum  of  three  thousand  dollars)  to  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  for  the 
purpose  of  founding  a  scholarship  in  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary under  their  care,  to  be  called  as  may  be  designated 
by  my  aforesaid  wife ;  the  income  of  this  endowment  only 
to  be  expended  for  the  support  of  a  needy  student  in  said 
Seminary,  from  year  to  year,  etc.,  etc. 

Mrs.  Patrick  has  signified  her  wish  that  this  scholarship, 
when  paid,  be  called  the  Davis  Scholarship,  as  a  memorial 
of  her  family  name,  she  being  a  neice  of  the  late  Governor 
John  Davis. 

1861,  Jan.  1.     Baxter  Scholarship. 

Donation    by     Miss    Sarah    Baxter,    West 

Newton,  "  $1,000 


1861,  Jan.  1.     Borden  Scholarship. 

Donation    by    Richard   Borden,    Esq.,    Fall 

River,  $  1,000 

1861,  Jan.  1,  et  seq.     Enfield  Scholarship. 

Donations  by  Rev.  Robert  McEvven,  D.D., 
and  others  in  Enfield,  to  which  others  are 
yet  to  be  added,  800 

1862,  Jan.  22.     Worcester  Union  Scholarship. 

Donation  by  David  Whitcomb,  Esq.,  and 
•others  in  Worcester;  with  a  pledge  from 
Hon.  Ichabod  Washburn  of  the  further 
sum  of  $  500,  to  complete  the  scholarship,         500 

1862,  Feb.  20.     Chapin  Scholarship. 

Donation  of  W^  C.  Chapin,  Esq.,  Lawrence,       1,000 

$  8,930 

1862,  Feb.  7.     Pomeroy  Scholarship. 

Legacy  by  Mrs.  Martha  Pomeroy,  of  Warren,  Mass., 
by  her  will,  dated  October  30,  1857,  and  admitted 
to  probate  February  4,  1862. 

Extract  from  the  will : 

Fifth,  I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  at  Andover,  Massachusetts,  all  the  rest,  residue, 
and  remainder  of  all  my  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  of 
what  kind  and  nature  soever,  for  the  purpose  of  founding  a 
scholarship  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care; 
the  income  of  this  endowment  only  to  be  expended  for  the 
support  of  a  needy  student  in  said  Seminary,  from  year  to 
year. 

See  file  of  Wills,  etc. 

Mrs.  Pomeroy's  estate  has  not  yet  been  settled,  and  the 
amount  to  be  realized  by  the  Trustees  as  residuary  legatees 
cannot  be  now  decided. 


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l§5y  — Nov.  20,  et  seq. 

HITCHCOCK  FUND. 

Preamble  and  Votes  adopted  at  a  Meeting  of  the  Trustees 
of  Phillips  Academy,  November  20,  A.D.  1857. 

"  Whereas  Mr.  Child  has  communicated  to  this  Board  a 
proposition  made  to  him  by  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock,  Esq.,  of 
Brimfield,  to  give  to  the  Board  the  sum  of  1 15,000  towards 
the  endowment  of  a  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew  Language 
and  Literature  in  the  Theological  Seminary ;  to  be  paid 
when  the  sum  of  f  30,000  now  being  raised  by  subscription 
shall  be  fully  subscribed :  and  upon  the  further  condition 
that  this  Board  shall  add  to  said  donation  the  sum  of 
$10,000  out  of  funds  now  within  their  control;  and  shall 
appropriate  the  fund  of  $  25,000  thus  constituted  to  the 
permanent  endowment  of  such  Professorship  ;  and  upon 
the  further  condition  that  the  said  Professorship  and  the 
duties  of  the  incumbent  shall  be  controlled  and  regulated  by 
such  statutes  as  shall  be  drawn  up  by  William  J.  Hubbard 
and  Linus  Child,  and  approved  by  said  Hitchcock. 

Thereupon  the  following  votes  were  adopted  : 

1.  That  this  Board  gratefully  accept  the  proposition  of 
Mr.  Hitchcock  upon  the  conditions  provided  by  him,  and 
engage  to  adopt  all  needful  measures,  to  carry  them  into 
full  effect  according  to  the  intent  and  meaning  of  the  same, 
—  it  being  understood  that  the  Statutes  to  be  established 
for  the  regulation  of  said  Professorship  shall  be  subject  to 
the  approval  of  this  Board. 

2.  That  Mr.  Child  be  requested  to  tender  to  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock the  expression  of  our  high  appreciation  of  his  generous 
and  timely  proposition ;  and  they  hereby  engage  that,  when 
the  endowment  of  said  Profossorship  shall  be  completed  in 
the  manner  proposed,  it  shall  be  permanently  established  as 


^<17 

the  Hitchcock  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew  Language  and 
Literature. 

In  pursuance  of  the  proposition  of  Mr.  Hitchcock,  an 
Instrument  was  prepared  and  executed  by  him,  of  which 
the  following  is  a  copy  :  — 

To  all  persons  to  whom  these  presents  may  come,  I,  Samuel 
A.  Hitchcock,  of  Brimfield,  in  the  County  of  Hamp- 
shire and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  send 
Greeting  : 
Whereas  Linus  Child,  of  Lowell,  in  the  County  of  Mid- 
dlesex and  Commonwealth  aforesaid,  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  pursuant  to  author- 
ity by  me  to  him  given,  did  at  a  meeting  of  the  said  Board, 
held  November  20th,  A.D.  1857,  in  my  name  and  in  my 
behalf,  submit  a  proposition  that  I  would  give  to  the  said 
Trustees  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  to  be  appro- 
priated to  the  endowment  of  a  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew 
Ijanguage  and  Literature  in  the  Theological  Seminary 
under  the  care  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees,  when  the 
sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars,  now  being  raised,  shall  be 
fully  subscribed  ;  and  upon  the  condition  that  the  said  Trus- 
tees shall  complete  the  endowment  of  the  said  Professorship, 
by  adding  to  the  said  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  so  to 
be  given  by  me,  the  further  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 
from  funds  now  under  their  control,  and  should  appropriate 
the  fund  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  be  thus  consti- 
tuted to  the  permanent  endowment  of  the  said  Professor- 
ship ;  and  upon  the  further  condition  that  the  said  Professor- 
ship and  the  duties  of  the  Professor  on  said  foundation  shall 
be  controlled  and  regulated  by  such  statutes  as  shall  be 
drawn  up  by  the  President  of  the  said  Board  for  the  time 
being  and  the  said  Linus  Child,  and  approved  by  me  • 
which  proposition  so  made  by  said  Child  in  my  behalf  is 
hereby  adopted,  ratified,  and  confirmed  by  me,  so  that  the 
same  force  and  effect  shall  be  given  thereto,  as  if  it  had 
been  made  by  me  to  the  said  Trustees  in  writing  under  my 
3 


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hand  :  And  whereas  the  said  Trustees  of  PhiUips  Academy, 
at  their  said  meeting,  did  accept  the  said  proposition  so 
made  in  my  behalf  on  the  conditions  prescribed  by  me,  and 
did  engage  to  adopt  all  needful  measures  to  carry  the  same 
into  full  effect,  according  to  the  true  intent  and  meaning  of 
the  same,  with  the  understanding  that  the  said  statutes  to 
be  established  by  me  shall  be  subject  to  the  approval  of  the 
said  Trustees,  the  action  of  said  Trustees  in  regard  to  said 
proposition  being  shown  by  certain  votes  adopted  by  them 
at  their  said  meeting,  a  certified  copy  of  which  votes  is 
hereto  annexed;  which  votes  are  received  by  me  as  a  satis- 
factory acceptance  of  the  said  proposition  so  made  in  my 
behalf,  and  a  sufficient  compliance  on  the  part  of  the  said 
Trustees  with  the  terms  and  conditions  thereof  : 

Now,  therefore,  know  ye,  that  I,  the  said  Samuel  A. 
Hitchcock,  in  consideration  of  the  premises,  and  for  the  pur- 
pose of  more  effectually  securing  the  fulfilment  of  my  said 
proposition,  in  case  the  same  should  not  be  consummated  in 
my  lifetime,  do  hereby  covenant,  promise,  and  agree,  to 
and  with  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  that  when 
the  said  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  shall  be  fully  sub- 
scribed to  the  satisfaction  of  the  said  Linus  Child  and  the 
President  and  Treasurer  for  the  time  being  of  the  said 
Board  of  Trustees,  or  any  two  of  them,  of  whom  the  said 
Linus  Child,  if  living,  shall  be  one,  I  will,  or  my  executors 
or  administrators  shall,  transfer,  make  over,  and  deliver  to 
the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  ten  thousand  dollars 
in  Bonds  of  the  New  York  Central  Railroad  Company, 
secured  by  a  sinking  fund,  and  five  thousand  dollars  in  the 
State  Bonds  of  the  State  of  Virginia,  both  bearing  interest 
at  the  rate  of  six  per  centum  per  annum,  payable  semi-an- 
nually on  coupons  annexed,  said  bonds  ti)  be  transferred  and 
taken  at  their  par  value.  And  I  do  hereby  declare,  direct, 
and  appoint  that  a  certificate  in  writing,  signed  by  the  said 
Linus  Child  and  the  President  and  Treasurer  for  the  time 
being  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  any  two  of  them, 
of  whom  the  said   Linus  Child,  if  living,  shall  be  one,  that 


the  said  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  herein-before  men- 
tioned has  been  fully  subscribed  to  their  satisfaction,  shall 
be  conclusive  evidence  that  the  said  sum  has  been  fully  sub- 
scribed, and  thereupon  the  aforementioned  bonds  shall  be 
transferred,  made  over,  and  delivered  to  the  said  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  or  their  agent  by  them  duly  authorized 
to  receive  the  same,  to  be  held,  managed,  and  improved  by 
them  as  the  endowment  of  a  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew 
Language  and  Literature  in  the  Theological  Seminary 
under  the  care  of  said  Trustees,  in  the  manner  and  for  the 
uses  and  purposes  set  forth  in  the  Statutes  established  by 
me  for  the  control  and  regulation  of  the  said  Professorship 
and  the  duties  of  the  Professor  on  the  said  foundation. 

And  I  do  establish,  ordain,  and  appoint  that  the  said 
Professorship,  when  endowed,  and  the  duties  of  the  Profes- 
sor on  said  foundation,  shall  forever  be  controlled  and  regu- 
lated by  the  following  Statutes,  drawn  up  by  Linus  Child 
aforesaid,  and  William  J.  Hubbard,  the  President  for  the 
time  being  of  the  said  Board  of  Trustees,  which  Statutes 
are  as  follows : 


STATUTES  OF  THE  PROFESSORSHIP  OF  THE  HEBREW  LAN- 
GUAGE AND  LITERATURE  IN  THE  THEOLOGICAL  SEM- 
INARY IN  ANDOVER. 

Article  I.  The  Fund  established  for  the  endowment 
of  the  said  Professorship  shall  be  invested  in  good  securi- 
ties, to  be  approved  by  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  or 
by  a  committee  appointed  by  them  for  that  purpose,  and  the 
interest  and  income  thereof  shall  from  time  to  time  be 
paid  to  the  Professor  on  this  foundation.  For  the  purpose 
of  securing  the  integrity  of  the  said  Fund,  all  interest  and 
income  accruing  thereon  during  any  vacancy  in  the  Profes- 
sorship shall  be  invested  to  constitute  a  Guaranty  Fund, 
which  shall  be  allowed  to  accumulate,  by  adding  thereto  all 
interest  and  income  received  thereon,  until  the  whole  princi- 
pal of  the  said  Guaranty  Fund  shall  amount  to  at  least  two 


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thousand  dollars  ;  and  so  long  as  it  shall  amount  to  not  less 
than  that  sum,  the  said  Trustees  may  from  year  to  year 
appropriate  the  income  thereof  to  increase  the  salary  of  the 
Professor  on  this  foundation,  or  to  such  other  uses  as  they 
shall  judge  will  best  promote  the  interests  of  the  Seminary, 
or  they  may  add  the  same  to  the  principal  of  the  Guaranty 
Fund.  Whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the  Trustees  the  aggre- 
gate value  of  the  securities  in  which  the  original  Fund  may 
be  invested  shall  be,  from  any  cause,  reduced  below  the  full 
sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  so  much  of  the  said 
Guaranty  Fund  as  may  be  necessary  shall  be  transferred  to 
the  original  Fund  to  make  up  the  deficiency  therein,  and 
whenever  the  said  principal  of  said  Guaranty  Fund,  or  any 
part  thereof,  shall  be  so  applied,  it  shall  from  time  to  time  be 
restored  by  the  appropriation  of  the  interest  and  income  after- 
wards accruing  during  any  vacancy.  No  part  of  the  principal 
of  the  said  Guaranty  Fund,  whatever  may  at  any  time  be 
the  amount  thereof,  shall  ever  be  appropriated  to  any  other 
use  or  purpose  than  that  herein  appointed.  In  making  invest- 
ments on  account  of  either  of  the  said  funds  special  regard 
shall  at  all  times  be  had  to  the  safety  of  the  principal  and  to 
the  certainty  of  the  income  thereof. 

Article  II.  All  the  articles  of  the  Statutes  of  the 
Associate  Foundation  in  the  said  Theological  Seminary 
which  apply  to  the  Professors  on  the  said  foundation,  to 
wit,  the  second,  the  third,  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  of  the  said 
articles,  shall  apply  to  the  Professor  on  this  foundation,  and 
he  shall  in  all  respects  be  subject  to  all  and  every  the 
rules  and  regulations  contained  in  the  said  articles,  in  like 
manner  as  are  the  several  Professors  on  the  said  Associate 
Foundation. 

Article  III.  This  foundation  shall  forever  be  subject 
to  the  visitorial  authority  of  the  "  visitors  of  the  Theological 
Institution  in  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,"  incorporated 
by  an  Act  of  the  Legislature  of  the  Commonwealth  of 
Massachusetts,  passed  June  17th,  A.  D.  1824  ;  and  the  said 
visitors  are,  and    always   shall   be,  invested  with  the  same 


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powers  and  duties,  in  all  particulars,  in  regard  to  this  found- 
ation and  the  Professor  thereon  which  the  said  visitors  now 
have  in  regard  to  the  said  Associate  Foundation  and  the 
Professors  thereon,  whether  by  virtue  of  the  said  Act  of 
the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts  or  by  virtue  of  the  said 
Statutes  of  the  said  Associate  Foundation. 

Article  IV.  Every  Professor  on  this  foundation  shall 
be  under  the  immediate  inspection  of  the  said  Trustees  ; 
and  shall  be  removed  by  them  from  office  for  gross  neglect 
of  duty,  scandalous  immorality,  mental  incapacity,  or  any 
other  just  and  sufficient  cause.  And  the  said  Trustees 
shall  at  all  times  have  power  and  authority  to  establish  and 
ordain  all  such  laws,  rules,  and  orders  for  the  regulation  of 
the  duties  of  the  Professor  on  this  foundation  as  they  shall 
deem  meet  and  proper,  and  the  same  from  time  to  time  to 
alter,  modify,  or  repeal ;  provided  that  such  laws,  rules,  and 
orders  shall  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution  of  said 
Seminary  nor  with  these  Statutes. 

And,  I,  the  said  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock,  hereby  reserve  to 
myself  the  right,  during  my  natural  life,  with  the  concur- 
rence of  the  said  Trustees,  to  make  any  alterations  in  these 
Statutes  or  any  additional  statutes,  rules,  and  regulations 
not  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution  of  said  Seminary. 

In  witness  whereof,  I,  the  said  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock  have 
hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal,  thip  first  day  of  April,  in  the 
year  of  our  Lord  eighteen  hundred  and  fifty-eight. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered  S.   A.   HiTCHCOCK.  (s.) 

in  presence  of 

R.  P.  Wales. 


The  said  Instrument  having  been  received  by  the  Trus- 
tees and  read,  after  mature  consideration  it  was  voted  : 

1st.  That  said  Instrument  be  accepted  by  this  Board  for 
the  purpose  for  which  it  was  intended,  and  be  entered  at 
length  upon  their  records  ;  and  that  said  Statutes  be,  and 
they  are  hereby  approved  and  ratified   on   the  part  of  this 


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Board,  to  take  effect  as  soon  as  said  Professorship  shall  be 
endowed  and  established. 

2d,  That,  as  soon  as  said  Hitchcock  or  his  personal  repre- 
sentatives shall  pay  to  this  Board,  in  the  manner  stipulated 
in  said  written  instrument,  said  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dol- 
lars, this  Board  will  add  thereto,  out  of  funds  now  under 
their  control,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  and  the  entire 
fund  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  thus  constituted  will 
appropriate  and  set  apart  as  a  permanent  endowment  of  the 
Professorship  of  the  Hebrew  Language  and  Literature  in  the 
Theological  Seminary,  and  will  thereupon  establish  said 
Professorship  upon  the  foundation  of  said  Statutes,  desig- 
nating it  as  "  The  Hitchcock  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew 
Language  and  Literature." 

3d.  That  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  be  communicated,  with 
the  thanks  of  this  Board,  to  Mr.  Hitchcock. 


The  following  action  was  taken  at  a  meeting  of  the  Trus- 
tees, held  July  26th,  1858  :  — 

Whereas  Samuel  Austin  Hitchcock,  Esq.,  of  Brimfield, 
in  pursuance  of  the  stipulations  contained  in  his  writing 
obligatory,  heretofore  presented  to  and  accepted  by  this 
Board,  has  promptly,  and  with  great  cordiality,  paid  over  to 
Linus  Child,  Esq.,  and  through  him  to  the  Treasurer  of  this 
Board,  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  as  an  endowment 
in  part  of  a  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew  Language  and 
Literature  in  the  Theological  Seminary  ;  to  the  end,  there- 
fore, that  said  Professorship  may  be  fully  endowed,  and  the 
pledges  given  by  this  Board  to  said  Hicthcock  may  be  made 
good  : 

Voted,  That  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  be  taken 
from  the  Waldo  Fund,  it  being  the  amount  added  thereto 
by  accumulation,  and  the  further  sum  of  five  thousand  dol- 
lars be  taken  from  the  Bartlet  Legacy  Fund,  and  that  said 
two  sums  of  $  5,000  each  be  added  to  said  Hitchcock's 
donation  of  $  15,000,  thus  constituting  a  fund  of  $  25,000. 


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Voted,  That  said  fund  of  $  25,000  be,  and  the  same  here- 
by is,  set  apart  and  forever  appropriated  and  devoted  as  an 
endowment  of  the  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew  Language 
and  Literature  in  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  that  it  be 
designated  and  known  as  the  "  Hitchcock  Fund." 

Voted,  That  the  said  Professorship  thus  endowed  be,  and 
the  same  hereby  is,  established  on  the  foundation  of  the 
Statutes  of  said  Hitchcock  heretofore  adopted  and  ratified 
by  this  Board,  and  that  said  Professorship  be  designated 
and  known  as  "  The  Hitchcock  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew 
Language  and  Literature." 

Voted,  That  in  the  Ledger  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
appropriate  accounts  be  opened  with  said  Fund  and  the 
securities  thereof,  and  that  the  Treasurer,  with  the  advice  of 
the  Committee  on  Accounts,  transfer  to  said  account  of  secu- 
rities, the  amount  of  $  5,000  from  the  Bills  Receivable  and 
the  further  amount  of  $  5,000  from  the  Waldo  Fund  Secu- 
rities. 

Voted,  That  the  interest  or  income  accruing,  or  to  accrue, 
from  the  Hitchcock  Professorship  Securities,  be  carried  to  an 
appropriate  account,  and  be  forever  appropriated  and  used  in 
pursuance  of  the  Statutes  of  said  Professorship. 

Amount  of  Fund,  $  25,000 

The  Guaranty  Fund  provided  for  in  Mr.  Hitchcock's 
Statutes  was  commenced  October  8,  1858,  and  amounts 
to  $  280 

Theo.  Ledger,  pages  251,  268  —  Journal,  pages  20,  31. 
Theo.  Kecords,  page  164,  et  seq. 


2114. 

1859  — July  15. 

DONATION  BY   REV.  DAVID   OLIPHANT. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 

Wishing  to  contribute  a  portion  of  my  earthly  sub- 
stance, according  to  the  ability  God  hath  given  me,  for 
the  furtherance  of  the  gospel  of  Christ,  and  especially 
to  aid  in  raising  up  a  succession  of  able  and  pious 
young  men  for  the  ministry  of  the  word  of  life,  I  hereby 
tender  to  you  a  donation,  by  my  deed  duly  executed,  con- 
veying to  you  the  House  and  a  portion  of  the  Land  now 
occupied  as  my  residence,  in  Andover,  for  the  purpose  and 
upon  the  conditions  following,  to  wit: 

The  said  premises  to  be,  at  such  time  as  you  may  judge 
best,  sold  under  your  discretion,  and  the  proceeds  of  such 
sale,  after  all  encumbrances  existing  upon  the  property  shall 
have  been  removed,  to  be  held  and  appropriated  by  you  for 
the  endowment  of  two  Scholarships  of  one  thousand  dollars 
each,  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  your  care  ;  the  first 
of  said  scholarships  to  be  fully  endowed,  immediately  after 
such  sale,  out  of  the  proceeds  of  the  same,  provided  such 
proceeds  shall  amount  to  one  thousand  dollars  above  the 
encumbrances,  and  to  be  called  the  Oliphant  Scholarship ; 
and  the  residue  of  the  proceeds  of  such  sale,  if  any,  to 
accumulate  by  the  addition  of  the  interest  to  the  principal 
until  the  second  shall  be  fully  endowed,  unless  I  shall  make 
up  this  endowment  by  a  further  donation  ;  this  second  schol- 
arship, when  completed,  to  be  called  the  Mary  Pearson  Ford 
Scholarship ;  the  interest  of  the  said  endowments,  when 
completed,  to  be  thenceforth  applied,  from  time  to  time, 
under  your  direction,  for  the  support  of  worthy  and  indigent 
students  in  the  said  Seminary. 

Provided,  however,  and  I  do  make  this  express  reservation, 


that  during  the  term  of  my  life,  and  the  life  of  my  wife, 
the  sum  of  ninety  dollars  per  annum  be  paid  by  you  to  us 
and  the  survivor  of  us  in  semi-annual  instalments,  instead  of 
adding  the  interest  to  the  principal  of  this  donation  as  afore- 
said, and  instead  of  its  payment  for  the  support  of  students  ; 
but  upon  and  after  our  decease  the  said  interest  shall  be 
applied  by  you  for  the  aid  of  students  as  before  mentioned  ; 
viz.  on  the  first  scholarship  immediately,  and  on  the  second 
as  soon  as  the  endowment  of  the  same  shall  be  completed  ; 
all  students  being  required  as  a  condition  of  receiving  the 
benefits  of  these  scholarships,  to  give  their  full  assent,  in  the 
presence  of  at  least  two  of  the  Professors  of  instruction  in 
said  Seminary,  to  the  creeds  prescribed  to  the  Professors  of 
the  Seminary,  and  also  to  pledge  themselves  to  abstain, 
while  receiving  these  benefits,  from  the  use  of  intoxicating 
drinks  and  of  tobacco,  except  as  medicines. 

Very  respectfully  yours, 

David    Oliphant. 
Andover,  July  15,  1859. 

By  the  term  creeds  is  intended  what  is  known  as  "  the 
Caption,"  together  with  the  Associate  creed. 


1859,  Aug.  1.  Rev.  David  Oliphant  having  tendered  to 
this  Board  a  donation  of  the  premises  now  occupied  as  his 
residence,  in  Andover,  for  the  purpose  of  founding  two 
scholarships  in  the  Theological  Seminary,  on  certain  condi- 
tions by  him  specified  ; 

Voted,  That  the  same  be  accepted,  and  the  communica- 
tion tendering  the  same  be  entered  upon  the  Records;  and 
that  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  Board  be  given  to  Rev.  Mr. 
Oliphant  for  his  timely  and  generous  gift ;  also, 

Voted,  That  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  pay  Rev.  Mr. 

Oliphant  the  sum  of  ninety  dollars  yearly,  as  stipulated  by 

him  in  this  donation,  during  the  term  of  his  life,  and  to  Mrs. 

Oliphant  the  same   sum  should   she  survive   him,  the  first 

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payment  to  be  made  six  months  after  he  shall  have  conveyed 
and  given  possession  of  the  premises ;  also, 

Voted,  That  in  case  Rev.  Mr.  Oliphant  shall  make  a  fur- 
ther donation  toward  the  endowment  of  the  second  scholar- 
ship, the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  pay  him  interest  at  six 
per  cent  per  annum  on  the  amount  of  such  donation  during 
his  lifetime. 

Voted,  That  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  sell  the  prem- 
ises conveyed  by  Mr.  Oliphant  with  the  consent  of  the  Com- 
mittee of  Exigencies,  and  upon  such  sale,  to  execute  a  deed 
of  the  same  in  the  name  of  the  Trustees. 

Voted,  That  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  execute  a  suit- 
able obligation  in  the  name  of  the  Trustees,  under  their  seal, 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oliphant,  binding  the  Board  to  the  pay- 
ments aforesaid. 

The  house  and  land  conveyed  to  the  Trustees  by  the  fore- 
going deed  of  gift  have  not  yet  been  sold,  but  are  held  and 
rented  for  the  purposes  designated  by  the  donor,  appraised 
at  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  over  encumbrances,  f  1,500 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  274 — Journal,  page  62,  et  seq. 
Theo.  Kecords,  page  184-186. 


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I860  — Dec.  22. 

HITCHCOCK   SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 
DONATION  BY   SAMUEL  A.  HITCHCOCK,   ESQ. 

"Wishing  to  contribute  a  portion  of  my  earthly  substance, 
according  to  the  ability  God  hath  given  me,  for  the  further- 
ance of  the  gospel  of  Christ,  and  especially  to  aid  in  raising 
up  a  succession  of  able  and  pious  men  for  the  ministry  of 
the  word  of  life;  I,  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock,  of  Brimfield,  in 
the  County  of  Hampden,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts, do  hereby  give,  assign,  and  set  over  to  the  Trustees 
of  Phillips  Academy,  at  Andover,  in  said  Commonwealth, 
the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  in  sacred  trust,  for  the 
endowment  of  fifteen  Scholarships,  of  one  thousand  dollars 
each,  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care  ;  this 
endowment  to  be  distinguished  from  all  others  in  the 
accounts  and  records  of  said  Institution,  and  designated  as 
the  Hitchcock  Scholarship  Fund;  the  principal  of  said  sum 
to  be  placed  out  at  interest  on  good  security,  or  vested  in 
sure  and  permanent  stocks,  and  the  income  thereof  only  to 
be  used  and  appropriated,  from  time  to  time,  for  the  support 
of  such  worthy  indigent  students,  not  exceeding  sixty  dol- 
lars in  any  one  year  to  each,  in  said  Theological  Seminary, 
as  shall  be  selected  by  the  Faculty  of  the  Seminary,  and 
approved  by  the  Trustees,  or  a  Committee  of  their  Board 
duly  authorized  thereto  ;  provided,  however,  and  I  do 
make  this  reservation,  that  during  the  term  of  my  life,  any 
students  nominated  by  me,  for  the  benefits  of  this  founda- 
tion, shall  receive  the  same  in  preference  to  all  others,  if 
such  nomination  shall  be  communicated  to  the  said  Trus- 
tees by  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  in  eaqh  year,  but 
not  otherwise. 

And  in  order  that  this  endowment  may  be,  as  far  as  pos- 
sible, preserved  undiminished,  and  the  most  useful  distribu- 
tion of  its  benefits  secured,  I  desire. 


^/8 

Firsts  That  if  any  student,  who  shall  be  placed  upon  this 
foundation,  shall  fail  to  complete  the  full  three  years'  course 
of  study  required  by  the  Constitution  and  Laws  of  the 
Seminary,  unless  such  failure  be  the  result  of  causes  which 
in  the  judgment  of  the  Trustees,  are  beyond  his  control  or 
will,  he  be  obligated  to  refund  to  the  said  Trustees 
whatever  sum  or  sums  he  may  have  received  from  the  in- 
come of  this  endowment ;  which  sums  so  repaid,  together 
with  any  unappropriated  balance  of  the  income  at  the  close 
of  each  financial  year  in  the  Seminary,  shall  be  added  to 
the  principal  of  this  fund,  to  increase  the  same,  or  to  make 
up  any  loss  which  may  occur  in  the  investment  thereof. 

That  this  endowment  may  be  so  administered  as  to  con- 
duce especially  to  the  most  thorough  education,  in  all  res- 
pects, for  the  sacred  office,  it  is  also  my  wish. 

Secondly,  That  no  student  be  placed  upon  this,  my  foun- 
dation, who  has  not  regularly  graduated  at  some  College, 
and  who  does  not  signify  it  to  be  his  settled  purpose  to 
enter  the  Gospel  ministry,  as  a  pastor  or  a  missionary. 

While  all  candidates  for  the  sacred  office  are  to  be  encour- 
aged in  every  proper  range  of  inquiry  and  discussion  in 
determining  the  formulas  of  their  faith  according  to  the 
Scriptures,  it  is  yet  my  desire. 

Thirdly,  That  students  placed  on  this  foundation  be 
required,  as  an  evidence  of  their  substantial  orthodoxy  and 
evangelical  spirit,  to  give  their  assent  to  the  creed  prescribed 
to  the  Hitchcock  Professor  in  the  Seminary ;  and  that  none 
who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Faculty  and  Trustees  of  the 
Institution,  hold  or  express  doctrinal  views  in  any  essential 
points  inconsistent  with  this  creed  be  allowed  to  enjoy  the 
benefits  of  this  my  endowment. 

To  aflbrd  time  for  such  acquaintance  with  the  students  in 
respect  to  their  sentiments,  their  character,  and  their  promise 
of  usefulness,  as  may  guide  to  the  best  selection,  I  also 
prefer, 

Fourthly,  That  those  who  are  selected  for  the  benefits  of 
this  foundation  be  usually  taken  from  the  Middle  and  Sen- 


^/9 

ior  Classes  in  the  Seminary  ;  and  in  no  case  that  one  be 
elected  to  either  of  these  my  scholarships  who  has  not  been 
connected  with  the  Institution  for  a  period  of  at  least  four 
months,  and  regularly  pursuing  his  studies  therein. 

Moreover,  it  is  my  desire  that,  during  my  lifetime,  the 
names  of  all  students  who  are  placed  on  this  my  foundation 
be  communicated  to  me  by  the  Trustees,  as  soon  as  may  be 
convenient  to  them,  after  the  election  of  the  same  shall 
from  time  to  time  be  made.  ' 

And  now,  relying  on  the  wisdom  and  fidelity  of  the  Trus- 
tees to  whom  I  commit  this  endowment  for  the  proper  over- 
sight and  administration  of  the  same,  according  to  the 
foregoing  requests,  and  in  all  other  particulars,  as  to  them 
shall  appear  most  consonant  with  the  true  intent  of  this  my 
donation,  I  commend  it,  finally,  to  the  favor  of  the  Great 
Head  of  the  Church  ;  knowing  that  "  except  the  Lord  build 
the  house,  they  labor  in  vain  that  build  it;  except  the  Lord 
keep  the  city,  the  watchman  waketh  but  in  vain." 

In  witness  of  all  which  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal,  this  twenty-second  day  of  December,  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty. 

In  presence  of  S.    A.    HiTCHCOCK.   (s.) 

Linus  Child, 
J.  L.  Taylor. 


This  gift  of  Mr.  Hitchcock  was  made  in  connection  with 
certain  pledges  given  to  him  by  Hon.  Linus  Child  and  the 
Treasurer,  in  behalf  of  the  Board,  and  was  gratefully 
acknowleded  by  the  Board  at  a  special  meeting  held 
December  31st,  1860,  as  follows  : 

The  Treasurer  stated  that  he  had  received  from  the  hands 
of  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock,  Esq.,  of  Brimfield,  fifteen  Bonds 
of  the  city  of  St.  Louis  for  one  thousand  dollars  each, 
bearing  interest  from  the  first  day  of  January,  1861,  to  en- 
dow fifteen  scholarships  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under 
the  care  of  this  Board,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  a 


deed  of  gift,  duly  executed  and  accompanying  the  endow- 
ment, which  document  was  laid  before  the  Board. 

It  was  also  further  stated  that  in  receiving  the  aforesaid 
deed  of  gift  and  bonds,  the  Treasurer  and  Hon.  Linus 
Child  had  together  made  a  careful  statement  of  the  various 
scholarship  endowments,  already  in  the  hands  of  the  Trus- 
tees, and  of  the  pledges  and  prospects  of  yet  futher  endow- 
ments in  this  department  in  the  course  of  the  ensuing  year, 
and  had  jointly  given  to  Mr.  Hitchcock  their  pledge  in  writ- 
ing to  secure  to  this  Board,  by  or  before  the  month  of  Janu- 
ary, 1862,  an  additional  number  of  scholarships,  sufficient 
with  those  already  held  by  the  Board  to  make  up  the  full 
number  of  twenty,  besides  the  fifteen  endowed  by  Mr. 
Hitchcock ;  all  of  which  twenty  shall  be  either  fully  paid  in, 
or  so  pledged,  principal  and  interest,  that  the  income  from  the 
same  shall  be  available  by  or  before  that  date ;  these  pros- 
pects and  pledges  being  considerations  without  which  Mr. 
Hitchcock  would  not  have  made  his  donation  at  this  time: 
and  a  copy  of  the  said  obligation  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Child 
and  the  Treasurer  to  Mr.  Hitchcock  was  submitted  to  the 
Board. 

Whereupon  it  was  Voted,  That  the  donation  of  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock, thus  permanently  securing  such  liberal  aid  to  so  large 
a  number  of  struggling  young  men  in  the  Seminary,  from 
year  to  year,  be  most  gratefully  accepted  by  this  Board,  and 
held  in  sacred  trust,  for  the  uses  and  upon  the  terms  speci- 
fied in  his  deed  of  gift;  and  that  the  heart-felt  thanks  of 
the  Board  be  tendered  to  Mr.  Hitchcock  for  this  most  timely 
and  generous  endowment  in  the  Seminary,  which  has  thus 
for  a  second  time  been  made  to  feel  the  invigorating  influ- 
ence of  his  Christian  munificence. 

Voted,  That  the  aforesaid  deed  of  gift  be  entered  in  full 
upon  the  records  of  this  Board,  and  placed  on  file  in  the 
ofiice  of  the  Treasurer. 

Voted,  That,  prompted  by  a  sense  of  its  obligations,  in 
gratitude  and  honor  to  Mr.  Hitchcock,  as  well  as  by  the 
exigencies  of  the  Seminary,  the  Board  will  take  early  and 


efficient  measures  to  obtain  the  several  additional  scholar- 
ships which  Mr.  Child  and  the  Treasurer  have  engaged 
with  Mr.  Hitchcock  to  secure  to  the  Trustees,  so  that  the 
expectation  upon  which  Mr.  Hitchcock  has  made  this  large 
endowment  may  be  fully  met  in  form  and  in  spirit. 

Voted,  That,  in  the  judgment  of  this  Board,  the  effort 
to  secure  such  aid  for  the  needy  students  ought  not  to  be 
relinquished  until  the  whole  number  of  scholarships  in  the 
Seminary  shall  amount  to  at  least  forty ;  and  that  the 
Board  will  therefore  aim  to  reach  this  result  at  the  earliest 
date  within  its  power. 

Voted,  That  a  copy  of  this  record  of  the  action  of  the 
Trustees,  together  with  a  certified  copy  of  his  deed  of  gift, 
be  transmitted  to  Mr.  Hitchcock  by  the  clerk  of  the  Board. 

Amount  of  Fund,  $  15,000 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  280  —  Journal,  lU. 
Theo.  Records,  page  195-197. 


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1S61— June  20,  et  seq. 

ALLEN   SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

1861,  June  20.  Donation  of  Mrs.  Harriet  J.  Allen, 
widow  of  the  late  Freeman  Allen,  Esq., 
Boston,  toward  the  endowment  of  a  schol- 
arship, $800 

1861,  July  20.     Donation  of  Mrs.  Allen  to  complete 

her  scholarship,  200 

1861,  Nov.  8.     A  further  donation  by  Mrs.  Allen, 

with  the  following  letter,  viz.  3,000 

Rev.  J.  L.  Taylor, 

Dear  Sir  :  Boston,  Nov.  8,  1861. 

I  hand  to  you  herewith  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars, 
for  the  purpose  of  endowing  three  more  scholarships  in  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  in  addition  to  the  one 
founded  by  me  in  June.  The  object  commends  itself 
strongly  to  my  sympathies,  and  to  my  deliberate  and 
prayerful  judgment. 

In  making  this  donation  I  have  only  to  suggest,  that 
while  I  shall  rejoice  to  have  the  income  of  the  scholarships 
from  time  to  time  applied  towards  the  support  of  worthy 
indigent  students  in  the  Seminary,  not  exceeding  sixty 
dollars  to  any  one  person  annually,  I  hope  the  principal  of 
the  endowment  will  forever  be  kept  good ;  and  if  any  loss 
or  diminution  of  it  should  occur,  I  should  wish  to  have  this 
made  up  from  the  income,  before  appropriations  are  made 
to  students. 

It  would  also  be  pleasant  to  me  to  feel  that  the  income 
will  usually  aid  the  more  worthy  among  the  students,  as 
well  as  the  more  needy. 


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With    my    fervent    prayers    for    God's    blessing    on    this 
offering,  which  seenas  to  promise  some  permanent  good, 

T  am,  dear  Sir, 
Very  cordially  and  truly  your  friend, 

Harriet  J.   Allen. 

Four  scholarships  of  $  1,000  each,  $  4,000 

Tlieo.  Ledger,  page  287 — Journal,  page  134,  et  seq. 


1§62  — Jan.  1. 

TAYLOR   SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

"IN   MEMOUIAM." 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 

It  has  often  been  in  my  heart,  if  I  could  possibly  find  it 
within  my  means,  to  take  some  part  personally,  with  other 
friends  of  our  Seminary,  in  endowing  the  Scholarships  which 
you  have  commissioned  me  to  solicit,  during  the  past  three 
years. 

Quite  unexpectedly  I  am  now  able  to  gratify  this  desire ; 
and  I  have  the  means  of  doing  this  so  providentially,  and 
as  a  token  of  so  much  interest  in  my  effort,  and  such  per- 
sonal sympathy  with  me  in  my  long  labor  through  it,  that 
I  hasten  to  make  the  offering  now,  under  a  special  sense  of 
gratitude,  and  with  a  peculiar  faith  that  the  favoring  hand 
of  the  Divine  Master  is  in  it. 

I  ask  you,  therefore,  to  accept  and  hold  in  sacred  trust, 
herewith,  twelve  Shares  of  Stock  in  the  American  Exchange 
Bank  at  New/ York,  valued  at  par,  and  a  U.  S.  Treasury 
Note  for  fifty  dollars,  which  I  have  this  day  entered  in  the 
Treasurer's  accounts  to  the  credit  of  the  Corporation,  for  the 
endowment  of  a  Scholarship,  as  a  memorial  of  my  agency 
for  this  object. 

5 


If  it  should  at  any  time  appear  to  your  Committee  of 
Finance  that  the  purpose  of  this  gift  will  be  better  served  by 
a  change  in  the  investment  of  the  fund,  they  are  requested 
to  make  such  change,  but  not  otherwise.  And  my  desire  is 
that  the  entire  annual  income  from  this  endowment  be 
applied,  from  year  to  year,  to  aid  some  member  of  the 
Seminary  who  may  be  designated  by  me  during  my  life- 
time, or  by  my  wife,  should  she  survive  me,  during  the  term 
of  her  life. 

But  in  case  no  such  nomination  shall  be  made  by  either 
of  us  in  any  year,  by  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  in 
said  year,  then,  and  after  our  decease  thenceforward,  I  wish 
the  income  to  be  applied,  under  the  direction  of  the  Faculty 
of  the  Seminary  and  your  Committee  of  Exigencies,  toward 
the  support  of  a  worthy  indigent  student  in  the  Seminary, 
selected  from  among  the  more  promising  in  character,  tal- 
ents, scholarship,  and  personal  address,  as  well  as  from  the 
more  needy  of  his  class. 

If,  however,  any  loss  of  principal  in  this  fund  shall  occur, 
by  reason  of  changes  in  the  investment,  or  otherwise,  I  wish 
the  appropriations  to  students  so  far  abridged  or  suspended, 
under  the  direction  of  your  Committee  of  Finance,  that  all 
such  loss  can  be  first  made  up,  out  of  the  accruing  income. 

And  if,  in  any  year,  no  student  shall  be  nominated  or 
selected  to  receive  the  benefits  of  this  scholarship,  I  desire 
to  have  the  income  for  that  year  added  to  the  principal,  for 
the  permanent  increase  of  the  fund. 

Finally,  to  His  favor  from  whom  this  gift  so  especially 
comes  I  would  devoutly  commend  it,  under  your  watch  and 
care. 

With  great  respect. 

Gentlemen, 
Your  obedient  servant, 

J.  L.  Taylor. 

Andover,  Jan.  1,  1862. 

Amount  of  Fund,  $  1,250 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  290 — Jonriial,  page  154. 


DEEDS  OF  (}IFT  AND  DONATIONS. 


SUPPLEMENT, 


]^0.   TWO. 


PRINTED  FOR  OFFICIAL  USE 

UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF  THE  TRUSTEES   OF   PHILLIPS  ACADEMY. 

NOT  PUBLISHED. 


PRINTED    BY    WARREN    F.   DRAPER. 

1885. 


By  vote  of  the  Trustees,  the  undersigned  have  prepared  the  following 
Supplement  to  Deeds  of  Gift  and  Donations  to  Phillips  Academy  and 
to  the  Theological  Seminary. 

EDWARD   TAYLOR,    \ 

C.  F.  P.  BANCROFT,  >  Committee. 

THOS.  H.  RUSSELL,  ) 

Andover,  May  1,  1885. 


225 


PHILLIPS    ACADEMY. 


1865. 

LEGACY    OF    SAMUEL    FARRAR,  ESQ. 
EXTRACT    FROM    HIS    WILL. 

....  All  the  rest  and  residue  of  my  estate,  real,  personal, 
and  mixed,  not  lierein-before  otherwise  effectually  disposed 
of,  —  including  the  buildings  owned  by  me  on  land  of  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  to  be  appraised  at  their  fair 
cash  value, — I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  to  the  said  Trustees 
of  Phillips  Academy  and  their  successors  in  office  as  my  resi- 
duary legatees,  in  sacred  trust,  to  be  delivered  into  their 
care  by  my  executor  within  one  year  after  my  decease,  and 
to  be  by  them  held  as  my  legacy,  for  the  purposes  herein- 
after mentioned  :  to  wit, 

First.  From  the  date  of  their  receiving  this  my  said  legacy, 
said  Trustees  shall  pay  to  my  niece  Mrs,  Sarah  P.  Abbott, 
aforesaid,  out  of  the  income  thereof,  for  her  use  in  providing 
house-rent  here  or  elsewhere,  and  in  the  education  of  her 
children  or  otherwise,  the  sum  oi  four  hundred  dollars  ai\- 
nually,  in  quarterly  instalments,  until  the  first  day  of  April 
eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-two  (1872),  when  this  annuity 
for  her  benefit  shall  cease. 

Second.  All  other  income  of  my  said  legacy,  remaining 
after  the  above-named  appropriation  from  year  to  year  to  Mrs. 
Abbott,  shall  be  annually  applied  by  said  Trustees  towards 
paying  the  amount  due  them  at  my  decease  on  a  note  which 
they  hold  against  me,  until  said  note  is  paid  in  full.  As  the 
said  note  was  gratuitous  it  is  hoped  tliat  the  Trustees  will 
accept  this  mode  of  payment,  instead  of  an  immediate  pay- 
ment, of  the  whole  note  at  my  decease. 

29 


226 

Third.  After  said  note  above-mentioned  shall  be  paid  in 
full,  all  income  of  my  said  legacy  not  otherwise  appropriated 
as  above  provided  to  Mrs.  Abbott,  shall  be  added  to  the  prin- 
cipal each  year  until  said  principal  shall  amount  to  the  sum 
of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  when  the  further  increase  thereof 
shall  cease.  But  if  any  loss  or  dimunition  of  the  same  shall 
occur  in  any  year  thereafter,  by  the  decay  of  the  aforesaid 
buildings  or  otherwise,  this  loss  shall  be  made  up  from  the 
accruing  income  for  that  year,  before  any  portion  of  said  in- 
come sliall  be  applied  to  any  other  use,  —  so  as  to  preserve 
the  full  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars  in  this  Fund  forever. 

Fourth.  Of  the  income  of  the  Fund  accumulated  and  held 
as  above-named,  the  said  Trustees  may  thenceforth  appro- 
priate a  sum  each  year  not  exceeding  two  hundred  dollars^ 
if  in  their  judgment  the  same  can  be  wisely  and  usefully  ex- 
pended, to  provide  iiTstruction  in  sacred  music  for  students 
in  Phillips  Academy  and  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  for 
members  of  families  connected  with  these  Institutions,  with 
special  reference  to  the  encouragement  and  improvement  of 
Congregational  Singing  in  the  Sabbath  worship  at  the  Semi- 
nary Ciiapel. 

Fifth.  All  remaining  income  of  this  my  said  legacy,  not 
appropriated  according  to  any  of  the  foregoing  directions, 
shall  be  expended  from  year  to  year,  under  the  direction  of 
said  Trustees,  and  in  tlie  careful  use  of  their  best  discretion, 
in  aiding  worthy  indigent  students  in  Phillips  Academy  in 
both  departments  —  preference  being  usually  given  to  those 
of  either  department  who  design  to  pursue  a  full  and 
thorough  course  of  study,  especially  if  they  are  seeking  an 
education  with  a  view  to  the  Christian  ministry  —  but  not 
excluding  others.  And  if  any  year,  for  any  cause,  and  in 
the  judgment  of  said  Trustees,  the  income  of  this  legacy 
cannot  wisely  be  expended  in  full,  as  thus  directed  in  this  and 
the  several  preceding  provisions,  then  the  balance  in  their 
hands  not  so  expended  shall  be  added  to  the  prhicipal  of  this 
my  said  Fund, /or  the  permanent  increase  of  the  same. 

Dated  Nov.  6,  1861.     See  copy  of  Will. 


227 

The  payment  of  the  note  referred  to  in  the  foregoing  Will 
was  adjusted  by  Mr.  Farrar  before  his  decease,  as  appears  by 
the  following  extract  from  the  records.  Seminary  records, 
page  233 : 

January  25,  1864.  Voted,  That  the  house  and  other 
buildings  recently  quitclaimed  to  the  Trustees  by  Samuel 
Farrar,  Esq.,  in  part  payment  of  his  note  of  five  thousand 
dollars  held  by  the  Board,  be  entered  in  the  Treasurer's 
accounts  'at  an  appraised  value  of  four  thousand  dollars  ; 
this  with  the  one  thousand  paid  in  cash,  cancelling  the  note 
and  leaving  the  account  properly  adjusted. 
Received  under  the  Will,  $10,000  00 

Present  amount  of  the  Fund,  15,000  00 

Ledger  page,  204. 


STUDENTS'    EDUCATIONAL    FUND. 

Amount  as  per  page  195,  12228  00 

1863.  Class  of  '63,  81  25 

1864.  Class  of  '64,  24  65 
Leonard  Richardson,  New  York,  donation,         100  00 

1868.    Proceeds  of  "  Fair,"  with  donations,  1666  10 

1869-70.   A  Friend  |10,  Wm.  B.  Isham,  Esq.,  $100, 

Donations,  110  00 

1871.   Profit  and  Loss  account,  485  90 

1876.   Cash,  4  10 

1878,  June  6.  Gen.  B.  F.  Butler,  .  500  00 

Present  amount  of  Fund,  $5,200  00 

Academy  Ledger,  page  175. 


1865  —  January  11. 
NEW    ACADEMY    HALL. 

The  Stone  Academy  having  been  destroyed  by  fire  on  the 
21st  of  December,  1864,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  on  the 
11th  of  January  1865,  it  was 


228 

Voted,  Tliat  the  New  Academy  Hall  be  erected  on  School 
Street,  on  the  lot  of  land  north  of  the  brick  house  occupied 
by  the  Principal  of  the  Academy. 

ALUMNI    FUND. 

The  Board  having  learned  that  a  meeting  of  the  Alumni 
of  the  Academy  has  been  called  with  a  view  to  take  measures 
to  rebuild  the  Hall  destroyed  by  fire  on  the  morning  of  the 
21st  of  December  last,  desire  to  express  their  hearty  approval 
of  the  measures  contemplated,  and  to  assure  the  Alunnii  of 
their  readiness  to  co-operate  with  them  in  any  way  which 
may  best  promote  the  intended  object. 

Voted,  That  Messrs.  Hardy  and  S.  H.  Taylor  be  requested 
to  represent  the  Board  at  the  contemplated  meeting  of  the 
Alumni. 

Academy  Records,  page  570. 

As  the  result  of  the  above-named  effort  the  following  sub- 
scriptions were  made  and  have  been  paid,  viz. : 


C.  G.  Chase, 

Boston, 

11000 

Franklin  Snow, 

a 

1000 

Wm.  E.  Dodge, 

New  York, 

1000 

Franklin  Ketchum, 

a 

600 

Wm.  M.  Halsted, 

u 

500 

Leonard  Richardson, 

<( 

600 

Chris.  R.  Robert, 

a 

600 

Charles  L.  Thomas, 

Providence,  R.  I., 

600 

Amos  C.  Barstow, 

a 

600 

Samuel  Williston, 

Eastliampton, 

600 

Holder  B.  Durfee, 

Fall  River, 

600 

Alpheus  Hardy, 

Boston, 

300 

John  Carter  Brown, 

Providence,  R.  L, 

300 

John  B.  Gough         (Lecture  on  Habit),  Worcester, 

285 

P.  Van  Valkenburgh, 

New  York, 

250 

H.  B.  Claflin, 

a 

250 

A.  S.  Hatch, 

li 

250 

William  Sprague, 

Providence,  R.  I. 

260 

James  H.  Cutler, 

a 

200 

229 


William  S.  Slater, 

Providence,  R.L, 

1200 

Tread  well  Ketclmm, 

New  York, 

200 

Arthur  B.  Graves, 

(( 

200 

Hermoii  Griffin, 

(( 

200 

Rev,  Amos  Blanchard,  D.D.,       Lowell, 

200 

M.  0.  D.  Borden, 

Fall  River, 

200 

Barna  S.  Snow, 

Boston, 

200 

Francis  Skinner  and  Co., 

(( 

200 

Charles  W.  Scudder, 

4( 

200 

Edward  S.  Tobey, 

(( 

200 

Philip  H.  Sears, 

(; 

200 

William  G.  Harding, 

Pittsfield, 

150 

Daniel  W,  Lord, 

Phillips  Academy, 

125 

Nathaniel  Niles, 

New  York, 

110 

Rev.  J.  L.  Taylor, 

Andover, 

100 

S.  H.  Taylor,  LL.D., 

(( 

100 

Josepli  W.  Smith, 

(( 

100 

Edward  Buck, 

(( 

100 

James  A.  Roberts, 

« 

100 

Abbott  and  Clement, 

(« 

100 

Rev.  Joseph  Emerson, 

<( 

100 

Warren  F.  Draper, 

(( 

100 

William  L.  Morse, 

Phillips  Academy, 

100 

Moses  T.  Stevens, 

North  Andover, 

100 

Joseph  E.  Worcester, 

Cambridge, 

100 

John  C.  Phillips,  Jr., 

Boston, 

100 

Marshall  S.  Scudder, 

a 

100 

Henry  C.  Dodge, 

u 

100 

Thomas  W.  Nickerson, 

u 

100 

Sereno  D.  Nickerson, 

^^ 

100 

Robert  W.  Hooper, 

u 

100 

William  R.  Lovejoy, 

(( 

100 

Ezra  Farnsworth, 

(( 

100 

Samuel  D.  Warren, 

(( 

100 

Charles  L.  Flint, 

(( 

100 

Asahel  Huntington, 

Salem, 

100 

Alfred  A.  Abbott, 

u 

100 

230 


Nathaniel  J.  Lord, 
Jolin  Bertram, 
William  D,  Pickman, 
George  Peabody, 
Samuel  M.  Bubier, 
Rev.  F.  R.  Abbe, 
B.  M.  C.  Durfee, 
George  H.  Corliss, 
James  G.  Smith, 
William  J.  Cross, 
Robert  H.  Ives, 
Edward  P.  Taft, 
Roland  Hazard, 
Mowry  and  Goff, 
W.  F.  Sayles, 
Charles  R.  Green, 
James  Davis, 
Allan  F.  Boone, 
Frank  H.  Tliomas, 
John  C.  Eno, 

0.  H.  Perry, 

W.  Phillips  Foster, 
T.  A.  Holt  and  Co., 
Peter  D.  Smith, 
Rev.  G.  H.  DeBevoise, 
Charles  Tufts, 

1.  Alvin  Farley, 
B.  and  C. 
Thomas  H.  Tyler, 
R.  H.  Stearns, 

J.  P.  Mellidge, 
E.  T.  Eastman,  M.D., 
Alpheus  H.  Hardy, 
Charles  F.  Hardy, 
Arthur  L.  Hardy, 
Edward  E.  Hardy, 
George  0.  Shattuck, 


Salem, 

$100 

(( 

100 

u 

100 

a 

100 

Lynn, 

100 

Abington, 

100 

Fall  River, 

100 

Providence,  R.  L, 

100 

(( 

100 

(( 

100 

(( 

100 

« 

100 

ii 

100 

a 

100 

Pawtucket,  R.  I., 

100 

New  York, 

100 

(( 

100 

(( 

100 

Phillips  Academy, 

100 

(( 

50 

Andover, 

50 

(( 

50 

« 

50 

" 

50 

« 

50 

(( 

50 

(( 

60 

Boston, 

50 

(( 

50 

(( 

50 

(( 

50 

(( 

50 

a 

50 

u 

50 

ii 

50 

<( 

50 

« 

50 

231 


Samuel  H.  Walley, 


Boston, 


D.  W.  Gooch, 

li 

50 

W.  Chadbourne, 

u 

50 

Nathaniel  C.  Robbins, 

Salem, 

50 

John  H.  Silsbee, 

u 

50 

Rev.  Charles  Ray  Palmer,               " 

50 

Henry  Poor, 

South  Danvers, 

50 

Mrs.  M.  B.  Young, 

Fall  River, 

60 

E.  A.  Straw, 

Manchester,  N.  H., 

50 

Edwin  Stuart, 

U.S.N.,  Mobile  Bay, 

50 

Henry  R.  Harm, 

New  London,  Ct., 

60 

J.  B.  Webster, 

Stockton,  Cal., 

50 

John  M.  Mason, 

Providence,  R.  L, 

50 

E.  R.  Glezen, 

a 

50 

Benjamin  Lapham, 

n 

50 

William  H.  Reynolds, 

(( 

50 

Asa  Pierce, 

a 

50 

Dexter  N.  Knight, 

u 

50 

John  Byers, 

New  York, 

50 

William  P.  Ketchum, 

(( 

50 

J.  J.  Griffith, 

(C 

50 

J.  M.  Peck, 

« 

50 

H.  Farrington, 

a 

50 

Edward  Sturgess, 

(( 

50 

Dr. J.W.Page,  U.S.A. 

"  one  of  a  thousand,"  Newbern,N.C.  30 

E.  W.  Upton,  Jr., 

Phillips  Academy, 

(33 

F.  R.  Upton, 

a 

|33 

H.  B.  Upton  (in  memoriam),         " 

(34 

W.  L.  Halsted, 

25 

L.  C.  Clark, 

25 

George  E.  Dodge, 

25 

E.  A.  McAlpine, 

25 

Thomas  Rogers, 

25 

A.  L.  Brown, 

25 

W.  H.  H.  Newman, 

25 

N.  F.  Dixon,  Jr., 

26 

J.  F.  Locke, 

26 

232 


W.  &  T.  McClintock, 

Phillips  Academy, 

$25 

C.  S.  Smith, 

a 

25 

J.  M.  Sears, 

(( 

25 

J.  C.  Tyler,  Jr., 

u 

25 

T.  S.  Young,  Jr., 

<( 

25 

Wm.  E.  Davidson, 

n 

25 

B.  F.  Smith, 

a 

25 

John  Aiken, 

Andover, 

25 

Prof.  E.  0.  Smyth, 

u 

25 

William  A.  Means, 

u 

25 

Robert  L.  Means, 

a 

25 

George  Foster, 

u 

25 

John  H.  Flint, 

u 

25 

H.  A.  Bodwell, 

u 

25 

Edward  Taylor, 

il 

25 

Albert  Abbott, 

a 

25 

William  A,  Cogswell, 

(( 

25 

John  F.  Cogswell, 

a 

25 

Joseph  B.  Cogswell, 

u 

25 

Thomas  M.  Cogswell, 

u 

25 

Stephen  Tracy,  M.D., 

(( 

25 

George  G.  Davis, 

North  Andover, 

25 

J.  H.  Davis, 

(< 

25 

Joseph  Stone, 

u 

25 

Theron  Johnson, 

u 

25 

Joseph  Shattuck, 

Lawrence, 

25 

Thomas  S.  Proctor, 

Boston, 

25 

Josiah  Fletcher, 

a 

25 

William  H.  Wardwell, 

a 

25 

Samuel  Johnson, 

a 

25 

R.  R.  Bishop, 

a 

25 

Ariel  Lowe, 

ii 

25 

H.  S.  Chase, 

a 

25 

Cliarles  W.  Hersey, 

a 

25 

Benjamin  I.  Leeds, 

it 

25 

Joseph  Lovejoy, 

a 

25 

Joseph  Burrage, 

ii 

25 

233 


Henry  Majo, 

Boston, 

125 

George  F.  Bartlett, 

New  Bedford, 

25 

Horatio  Hathaway, 

(.(. 

25 

William  W.  Crapo, 

a 

25 

J.  D.  Hall, 

u 

25 

Joseph  R.  French, 

Stockbridge, 

25 

Edward  P.  Burges?, 

Dedham, 

25 

Rev.  Edward  G.  Porter, 

Dorchester, 

25 

George  Ross, 

Portland,  Me., 

25 

William  G.  Ross, 

(( 

25 

Rev.  William  T.  Dwight, 

a 

25 

Thomas  B.  Dwight, 

Philadelphia,  Pa., 

25 

Charles  H.  Wilcox, 

Providence,  R.  I., 

25 

George  G.  King, 

Newport,  R.  I., 

25 

William  Waters, 

New  York, 

25 

Charles  H.  Leeds, 

a 

25 

R.  Wayne  Parker, 

Newark,  N.  J., 

25 

John  M.  Brown, 

Fortress  Monroe, 

25 

John  M.  Berry, 

St.  Paul,  Minn., 

25 

whole  amount  received  being  $21,543 

Academy  Ledger,  page  203. 


1865— Not.  20. 

Voted,  That  the  Clerk  communicate  to  the  Committee  of 
the  Alumni  of  the  Academy  the  cordial  and  unanimous 
thanks  of  the  Board  for  their  great  zeal  and  efficiency  in 
soliciting  funds  for  the  New  Hall,  and  for  each  of  the  many 
gifts  which  their  effort  has  secured. 

Voted,  That  the  special  thanks  of  the  Board  be  commu- 
nicated by  the  Clerk,  to  Messrs.  Fairbanks,  James  G.  Clark, 
Benjamin  Bradley,  Nathan  Frye,  and  Mason  and  Hamlin  for 
the  special  gifts  which  they  have  tendered  for  specific  objects 
in  the  Academy. 


Academy  Records,  page  575. 


30 


234 

The  gifts  referred  to  in  the  foreg-oing  vote  were, 
Messrs.  Erastus  and  Thaddeus  Fairbanks,  St.  Johns- 
bury,  Vt.,  maps,  etc.  for  recitation  rooms,  casts, 
busts,  and  photographs,  $500 

Horace  Fairbanks,  for  philosophical  apparatus,  250 

J.  G.  Clark,  casts  and  photographs  of  ancient  temples,  etc.,  100 

B.  Bradley,  clock, 

N.  Frye,  bell,  351 

Mason  and  Hamlin,  cabinet  organ  for  chapel,  SOO 

C.  W.  Sanderson,  pictures,  50 
And  special  gifts  from  sundry  other  persons. 

The  amount  charged  to  Construction  Account,     |48,405  36 

Received  from  the  Alumni  Fund,         $21,543  00 

Received  from  insurance  on  Stone 

Academy,  etc.,  7,433  03 

Received  from  Income  and  Expenditure 

Account,  1,826  63 

Received  from  Academy  Fund  and  in- 
come (see  page  195),  1,523  00 

Received  for  small  wooden  school-house,     112  50 

1871,  Received  from  Profit  and  Loss  Acct.  665  45 

"1,103  61 


Debt,  present  amount  on  building,  $15,301  75 

Contingent  expense,  mostly  interest  on  above,  15,155  64 

$30,457  39 
There  has  also  been  paid  and  charged  to   con- 
tingent expense  for  grading   the   grounds, 
chemical  apparatus,  etc.,  about  $7,500  00 


1866. 

DONATION  OF  GEORGE  PEABODY,  Esq. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  held 
November  20,  1866,  the  following  communication  from 
George  Peabody,  Esq.,  was  laid  before  the  Board,  viz. 


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To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  tlie  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 

You  are  entrusted  with  the  oversight  of  one  of  the  oldest 
Academies  in  our  country,  which  was  most  carefully  and 
wisely  planned,  and  for  the  times,  most  liberally  endowed  by 
its  far-seeing  founders. 

Having  had  several  relations  placed  in  the  scliool,  and  hav- 
ing watched  with  great  pleasure  their  progress  under  its  in- 
fluence during  their  course  in  preparing  for  college  or  for 
business  life,  after  repeated  conferences  with  your  Treasurer 
and  your  Principal,  I  some  years  since  intimated  to  tiiem 
my  desire  to  aid  you  in  adding  to  its  usefulness,  as  one  of  the 
foremost  classical  schools  in  the  land. 

The  time  has  now  come  when  I  can  gratify  this  wish,  and 
sl)all  be  happy  to  do  it. 

Cordially  approving  the  general  character  and  aims  of  the 
Academy,  and  sympathizing  with  you  in  your  efforts  to  give 
the  Institution  a  higher  and  wider  sphere  as  it  enters  on  its 
work  in  your  new  edifice,  I  regret  to  learn  that  none  of  its 
chairs  of  instruction  have  as  yet  been  specifically  endowed ; 
I  therefore  hereby  tender  to  you  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thou- 
sand dollars  to  be  by  you  and  your  successors  held  in  trust 
for  the  purpose  of  endowing  a  Chair  of  Mathematics  and  the 
Natural  Sciences  in  the  School,  to  be  occupied  upon  such 
terms  and  in  such  manner  as  you  may  judge  most  conducive 
to  the  welfare  of  the  Academy,  wishing  for  myself  to  give 
only  this  general  direction  and  condition,  to  wit:  that  this 
Fund  shall  be  held  by  you  specially  and  solely  for  this  object ; 
that  the  Fund  itself  shall  be  kept  intact,  its  income  only 
being  used  in  payment  of  the  salary  of  the  instructor  in  this 
department ;  and  that  if  the  chair  shall  at  any  time  be  vacant 
so  that  the  income  cannot  be  thus  applied,  or  if  in  any  year 
there  is  for  other  causes  a  balance  of  income  not  needed  for 
said  instructor's  salary,  all  such  unexpended  income  shall  be 
added  to  the  principal  for  its  permanent  increase. 

I  make  this  offering,  gentlemen,  from  a  heartfelt  apprecia- 


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lion  and  desire  for  the  promotion  of  tlie  most  tliorongli  and 
liberal  cdncalion  which  our  American  Institutions  can  be 
made  to  impart ;  and  to  a  school  like  Phillips  Academy,  which, 
as  1  am  informed,  and  believe,  seeks  to  give,  in  my  native 
County  of  Essex,  and  so  near  my  early  home,  not  only  the 
highest  mental  discipline  in  its  sphere  to  all  classes,  but  such 
a  general  training  in  manly  virtues  and  in  Christian  morality 
and  piety  as  all  good  men  should  approve,  and  which  is,  and 
1  trust  will  ever  remain,  free  from  all  sectarian  influence,  I 
luive  pleasure  in  extending  a  helping  hand. 
I  am,  with  great  respect, 

Your  humble  servant, 

Geoiige  Peabgdy. 
Oakland,  Md.,  Oct.  30,  18GG. 

Whereupon  it  was  Voted,  That  the  Board  most  gratefully 
accept  this  munificent  gift  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  so 
wisely  attached  thereto  by  the  donor  ;  and  in  accepting  the 
same  the  Board  desire  to  express  their  deep  sense  of  the  obli- 
gations under  which  the  Academy  is  laid  by  this  endowment. 
AVhile  thoy  tender  to  the  tlonor  their  respectful  and  cordial 
acknowledgments,  they  take  pleasure  in  assuring  him  that 
his  donation,  the  largest  ever  received  by  the  Academy,  is 
made  in  a  form  and  for  a  purpose  best  adapted  to  their  wants, 
and  in  all  respects  highly  satisfactory  to  them.  This  gift, 
enabling  them  to  carry  out  their  long  and  earnestly  cherished 
j)ur])0se,  is  peculiarly  cheering  and  encouraging,  and  justifies 
the  hope  that  a  higher  career  of  usefulness  is  opening  before 
their  Institution,  which  will  make  it,  in  accordance  with  the 
Christian  views  of  the  venerated  founders,  ]n-e-emincnt  in  its 
influence  in  forming  the  youth  of  our  Commonwenlih  and 
country  to  the  highest  character  and  influence  altainal)le 
through  the  principles  of  an  elevated  and  thorough  educa- 
tion. And  the  Board  congratulate  themselves  that  they  may 
henceforth  associate  the  eminent  name  of  Peabody  with  the 
revered  patrons  of  earlier  days,  and  the  deeds  by  wiiich  they 
have  so  largely  benefited  mankind. 


Voted,  That  this  donation  bo  kept  distinct  from  nil  other 
endowments  liold  in  trust  by  the  Board,  and  be  known  as  the 
Peabody  Fund  ;  the  income  of  wliich  sliall  forever  be  applied 
and  restricted  to  the  iises  named  in  the  foregoing  communi- 
cation. 

Voted,  That  the  incumbent  of  the  Chair  of  Mathematics 
and  the  Natural  Sciences  thus  endowed,  shall  be  aj>pointed 
tlioreto  by  vote  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  shall  be  called 
Peabody  Instructor  in  ^lathomatics  and  the  Natural  Sciences, 
to  hold  the  olTice  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board,  on  such 
salary  as  they  may  from  time  to  time  allow,  in  accordance 
"witli  the  Constitution  of  the  Academy. 

Voted,  That  the  Principal  of  the  School  be  requested  iu 
behalf  of  the  Board  to  communicate  a  copy  of  these  votes 
signed  by  the  President  and  Clerk  to  j\Ir.  Peabody,  and  to 
accompany  the  same  with  earnest  assurances  not  only  of  the 
gratitvule  of  the  Board  for  what  he  has  done  for  Phillips 
Academy,  but  of  their  great  respect  and  admiration  for  his 
•unexampled  munificence  elsewhere,  both  at  home  and  abroad. 

Aoadeiuv  l\oronls,  pniic  580. 

Title  changed  to  Peabody  Instructor  of  the  Natural  Sciences. 


IS  ({7— March  13. 

rORTRAlT    OF    JOHN    ADAAIS. 

It  having  been  stated  to  the  Board  that  Kev.  William 
Adams,  P.D..  of  New  York,  had  presented  to  the  Academy 
a  portrait,  [tainted  by  an  eminent  artist,  of  his  father,  the  lato 
Jolm  Adams,  LL.D.  : 

Votcd^  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  communicated  to 
Rev.  Dr.  Adams  for  this  generous  gift ;  and  the  Board  desire 
to  express  to  him  their  special  gratification  in  being  able  to 
place  in  the  Academy  a  portrait  of  one  who  for  more  than 
twenty  years  so  usefully  and  honorably  {^resided  over  the 
Institution. 

Academy  Kooonls,  page  584. 


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PORTRAIT    OF    MARK    NEWMAN. 
Mrs.  Hannah  N.  Fay  generously  presented  for  the  New 
Academy  a  portrait  of  her  honored  father,  one  of  the  early 
Principals  of  the  Academy. 


1869  — June  28. 

A  communication  having  been  received  Prom  the  Philoma- 
thean  Society  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  also  from  tlie  Society 
of  Inquiry  in  the  same,  requesting  the  Board  to  accept  in 
trust  the  united  Libraries  of  said  Societies  : 

Voted^  That  the  Board  comply  with  the  request  of  these 
Societies,  and  hereby  authorize  the  Principal  of  the  Academy 
to  have  such  care  and  management  of  the  Library  as  will 
most  effectually  protect  it  from  loss  and  injury,  and  best 
promote  its  general  interests. 

Academy  Records,  page  593. 


GIFT  OF  TELEGRAPHIC   INSTRUMENTS. 

Prof.  Samuel  F,  B.  Morse,  the  oldest  living  Alumnus  of 
Phillips  Academy,  having  presented  to  theListitution  a  com- 
plete set  of  his  Telegraphic  Instruments,  including  all  the 
apparatus  necessary  for  two  termini : 

Voted,  That  the  Board  gratefully  accept  this  generous 
donation  of  Professor  Morse,  which  they  regard  as  a  most 
valuable  addition  to  the  facilities  of  the  Academy  for  giving 
scientific  instruction  ;  and  tiiat  they  also  desire  to  express  to 
him  their  special  gratification,  not  only  that  the  gift  is  from  a 
former  pupil,  but  from  one  who  by  his  inventions  has  made 
himself  a  benefactor  of  the  world. 

It  having  been  stated  to  the  Committee  that  Moses  G. 
Farmer,  a  former  pupil  of  the  Academy,  had  generously  con- 
tributed a  sufficient  quantity  of  Telegraphic  Wire,  an  inven- 
tion of  his  own,  to  connect  the  Academy  with  the  house  of 
the  Principal,  and  that  he  had  furnished  various  other  articles 


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for  the  Telegraph  and  had  personally  superintended  the  ad- 
justment of  the  apparatus,  and  had  put  the  whole  in  working 
order,  at  liis  own  expense  : 

Voted,  That  the  Board  desire  to  express  their  special 
thanks  to  Mr.  Farmer  for  his  valuable  services  and  contribu- 
tions, and  they  take  pleasure  in  associating  him  with  Pro- 
fessor Morse,  in  furnishing  the  Academy  with  a  valuable 
telegraphic  apparatus,  and  as  contributing  some  of  his  own 
invention^. 

Actidcniy  Records,  page  598. 


1870  — January  26. 

CLARKE    SCHOLARSHIP. 

Boston,  Jan.  17,  1870. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen  : 

I  commit  to  you  herewith,  in  sacred  trust,  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  as  a  special  fund  for  the  endowment  of  a 
Scholarship  in  the  Academy  under  your  care,  in  accordance 
with  the  wishes  of  my  venerated  mother,  recently  deceased, 
Mrs.  Jane  Aiken  Clarke,  and  to  be  called  the  Clarke  Scholar- 
ship. 

My  design  is  that  the  entire  income  from  the  fund  be  ap- 
plied from  year  to  year  to  aid  some  member  of  the  Academy 
who  may  be  designated  by  me,  and  in  case  I  make  no  such 
nomination  by  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  in  any  year, 
to  be  selected  by  the  Prnicipal,  the  Peabody  Instructor,  and 
the  Treasurer  of  said  Academy  from  among  the  more  prom- 
ising in  character,  talents,  and  scholarship,  who  may  be  in 
need  of  such  aid,  the  said  appropriation  to  be  made  irrespec- 
tive of  the  particular  course  of  study  pursued. 

If,  however,  any  loss  of  the  principal  of  this  endowment 
slionld  occur,  I  wish  such  loss  to  be  first  made  up  from 
the  income,  before  appropriating  any  portion  thereof  to 
students. 

And  if  ill  any  year  no  student  shall  be  placed  upon  the 


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foundation,  I  desire  to  have  tlie  income  of  that  year  added 
to  the  principal,  for  the  permanent  increase  of  the  fund. 
Very  respectfully, 

James  G.  Clarke. 

Voted,  That  the  Board  gratefully  accept  this  generous  gift 
on  the  terms  and  conditions  attached  by  the  donor.  In  ac- 
cepting this  trust  the  Board  desire  to  express  their  special 
thanks  to  the  donor  for  the  contribution,  so  timely,  and  so 
much  needed,  which  enables  them  from  year  to  year  to  fur- 
nish aid  and  encouragement  to  some  needy  and  deserving 
student  entering  on  a  course  of  education.  They  also  desire 
to  record  the  great  satisfaction  in  acknowledging  this  Jirst 
scholarship  for  the  Academy,  earnestly  hoping  that  the  ex- 
ample may  induce  others  to  make  similar  provision  for  the 
deserving  young  men  who,  in  greater  or  less  numbers,  are 
always  connected  with  the  Academy  without  any  sufficient 
means  to  enable  them  to  prosecute  their  studies  to  the  best 
advantage. 

Academy  Records,  page  594. 


1870  — July  7. 

PORTRAIT  OF  REV.  ELIPHALET  PEARSON,  LL.D. 

It  having  been  communicated  to  the  Board  that  Mrs. 
Margaret  B.  Blanchard  had  presented  to  Phillips  Academy  a 
Portrait  of  her  late  honored  Father,  Rev.  Eliphalet  Pearson, 
LL.D.,  first  Principal  of  the  Academy: 

Voted,  That  the  Board  desire  to  express  to  Mrs.  Blanchard 
their  cordial  thanks  for  this  very  appropriate  and  highly  val- 
uable gift,  which  will  serve  to  keep  in  the  minds  of  the  guar- 
dians, teachers,  and  pupils  of  the  Academy  their  obligations 
to  one  whose  wisdom  and  scholarship  did  so  much  to  give  a 
right  direction  to  the  Institution,  and  the  effect  of  which  has 
been  felt  during  its  whole  history. 

Academy  Records,  i^agc  600. 


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1874  — June  29. 

DRAPER    PRIZES. 

Mr.  Warren  F.  Draper  liaving  given  prizes  in  the  Academy 
for  excellence  in  Declamation,  to  the  amount  of  Forty  dollars 
per  annum,  for  tlie  last  eight  years  : 

Voted,  That  this  Board  acknowledge  with  thanks  the  liberal 
donations  of  Mr.  Draper,  and  recognize  the  very  marked  and 
valuable  results  of  the  same  upon  the  Elocution  of  the  pupils. 

Academy  Records,  page  614 —  See  page  248. 


MEANS    PRIZES. 

Mr.  "William  G.  Means  having  given  prizes  in  the  Academy 
for  excellence  in  Original  Declamation,  to  the  amount  of 
Forty  dollars  per  annum  for  the  last  seven  years,  and  having 
signified  to  the  Principal  his  intention  to  provide  for  the  same 
forever : 

Voted,  That  this  Board  acknowledge  with  gratitude  and 
thanks  the  liberal  donations  of  Mr.  Means,  and  recognize  the 
very  marked  and  valuable  results  of  the  same,. in  the  im- 
provement of  the  pupils  in  the   arts   of  Composition   and 

Elocution. 

Academy  Records,  page  614. 


SINKING    FUND. 

Voted,  That  this  Board  accept  with  peculiar  pleasure  and 
thanks  the  generous  gift  of  our  venerable  associate  Dr. 
Ebenezer  Alden,  of  one  thousand  dollars  toward  the  liqui- 
dation of  the  Academy  debt,  by  "  establishing  a  Sinking 
Fund,  to  which  all  persons  so  disposed  are  invited  to  sub- 
scribe, and  as  soon  as  with  its  income  it  reaches  a  sum  equal 
to  what  still  remains  unpaid  by  the  Alumni,  then  let  it  be 
applied  for  that  purpose,  and  if  in  excess,  to  the  payment  of 
the  remaining  debt  of  the  Academy." 

Voted,  That  this  Board  accept  the  suggestion  of  Dr.  Alden 

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regarding  the  payment  of  the  debt,  and  pledges  itself  to  an 
earnest  effort  for  its  utter  extinction. 

June  26th  and  29th,  1876.  Voted,  That  a  thousand  dol- 
lars from  the  Phillips  Charitable  Donation  Income  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Sinking  Fund  of  the  Academy  and  charged  to 
that  one-sixth  of  the  income,  which  may  be  used  for  general 
purposes  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Present  amount  of  Sinking  Fund,  f 2,406  93 

Academy  Kecords,  page  615. 


1876  — June  19. 

TAYLOR    CENTENNIAL    FUND. 

Andovcr,  March  28,  1876. 

Mr.  C.  F.  P.  Bancroft, 
My  Dear  Sir : 
To-day  brings  me  a  surprise  in  a  most  unexpected  gift  of 
one  hundred  dollars  ;  how  can  I  better  \ise  it  than  by  pass- 
ing it  over,  as  a  gift  still,  to  Phillips  Academy  ?  Coming  to 
me  on  this  Centennial  year  of  our  national  history,  I  append 
to  it,  as  it  passes  through  my  hands,  a  Centennial  Card ;  it 
is  a  small  sum  ;  therefore,  for  a  little  season,  one  brief  century, 
let  it  not  be  used,  but  kept  at  interest  and  accumulating, — 
if,  even  at  the  century's  end,  it  shall  not  have  become  a  thou- 
sand fold  greater  than  it  now  is,  let  it  still  grow,  till  that 
point  is  reached  ;  then  let  the  Trustees  use  it  according  to  their 
best  wisdom  in  giving  new  life  and  breadth  to  the  Academy's 
work  for  all  the  years  to  come.  This  will  be  a  goodly  mission 
for  my  little  waif,  —  "  the  Taylor  Centennial  Fund,"  —  and 
may  God,  from  whom  it  comes  to  me,  add  his  long  blessing 
on  it,  as  it  passes  over  into  the  coming  life  of  your  grand  old 
school.  Please  convey  the  gift  to  your  Board  with  my  cor- 
dial greetings,  and  let  this  brief  note  remain  with  the  fund, 
a  witness  to  my  unfailing  interest  in  all  that  the  Academy 
has  done,  and  is  now  doing,  ajid  is  to  be  doing  still  I  trust 


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through  other  centuries  than  this  "  as  long  as  the  sun  and 
the  moon  endure." 

Ever  cordially  your  friend, 

John  L.  Taylor. 

Academy  Records,  page  619. 


1877  — March  19. 

A  communication  was  read  by  the  Clerk,  from  Messrs. 
Rev.  C.  D.  Barrows,  and  Samuel  Fay  of  Lowell,  announcing 
a  proposed  donation  from  Gen.  Benjamin  F.  Butler,  of  Lowell, 
to  found  a  Scholarship  in  the  Academy. 

Voted,  That  the  Trustees  acknowledge  with  much  pleasure 
the  proposal  made  by  Gen.  B.  F.  Butler,  through  Rev.  C.  D, 
Barrows  and  Samuel  Fay,  to  found  a  Scholarship  in  Phillips 
Academy  for  the  benefit  of  the  sons  of  Union  soldiers,  black 
or  white,  and  the  Trustees  are  prepared  to  accept  and  admin- 
ister such  a  scholarship  on  the  conditions  indicated  in  con- 
nection with  the  offer,  with  such  provision  for  the  ultimate  use 
of  the  Scholarship  as  may  be  most  agreeable  to  Gen.  Butler. 

Voted,  That  the  Clerk  communicate  the  above  action  to 
Messrs.  Barrows  and  Fay,  with  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees. 

Academy  Records,  page  621. 

Five  hundred  dollars,  to  aid  indigent  students,  received 
at  the  Centennial  Celebration,  June,  1878,  from  Gen.  Butler, 
to  be  used  according  to  the  best  judgment  of  the  Trustees, 
and  added  to  the  Students'  Educational  Fund. 

See  page  227. 


1877  — April  and  September. 
GUARANTEE    FUND. 

The  following  donations  were  made  to  meet  deficiences  in 
the  current  account  of  the  Academy  for  tlie  year  : 
Rev.  J.  L.  Taylor,  Andover,  1100 

Edward  Taylor,  "  100 


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George  Ripley,  Aiidover,  $50 

Rev.  Frank  H.  Johnson,  "  100 

Friend,  "  50 

Joseph  S.  Ropes,  Boston,  100 

Mrs.  Sarah  W,  Hale,  Newbury  port,  110 

Dea.  Joshua  Hale,  "  50 

George  H.  Whitcomb,  Worcester,  100 

C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Andover,  100 

G.  W.  W.  Dove,  "  100 

Misses  Dove,  "  200 

Hon.  Alpheus  Hardy,  Boston,  100 

Total,  $1260 


DR.    S.    H.    TAYLOR    MEMORIAL    FUND. 

June  18,  1877. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen  : 

Soon  after  the  death  of  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Taylor,  several  friends 
in  New  York  started  a  plan  to  raise  ten  thousand  dollars  as 
a  fund  for  the  purposes  named  in  the  following  : 

"  Dr.  Samuel  Harvey  Taylor,  of  Andover,  Mass.,  late  Prin- 
cipal of  Phillips  Academy,  having  died  intestate,  and  having 
left  an  inadequate  provision  for  his  family,  the  undersigned 
seek  to  express  their  appreciation  of  his  pei-sonal  services  to 
themselves,  and  to  the  cause  of  education,  by  establishing  a 
Trust  Fund  in  the  hands  of  Mr.  Peter  Smith,  of  Andover, 
Mass.,  a  long  ti'ied  friend  of  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Taylor,  deceased, 
and  of  the  Academy,  and  who  has  consented  to  act  as  Trustee. 

We  do,  therefore,  agree,  in  consideration  of  the  services  of 
Mr.  Peter  Smith  in  obtaining  subscribers  to  such  fund,  and 
of  his  performance  of  the  trust  reposed  in  him,  that  we  will 
within  sixty  days  from  the  signing  of  this  subscription  paper, 
pay  to  him  the  sums  subscribed  by  us  respectively,  in  trust, 
for  the  following  purposes,  viz.  :  said  sums  to  be  invested  by 
Mr.  Smith  in  good  and  safe  dividend-paying  securities,  or  on 
bond  and  mortgage  ;  and  the  interest  and  income  thereof  as 


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the  same  may  come  due,  to  be  paid  by  him  to  Mrs.  Caroline 
P.  Taylor  during  her  life  ;  and  at  her  decease,  said  Trustee 
agrees  to  pay  one-half  of  said  fund,  or  the  avails  thereof,  to 
Arthur  F.  Taylor,  and  the  remaining  half  to  the  "  Fund  in 
aid  of  Indigent  Students  in  Phillips  Academy." 

And  in  case  of  the  death  or  resignation  of  said  Trustee,  or 
of  any  hereafter  appointed,  the  disposition  of  said  Fund  shall 
be  placed  in  charge  of  the  party  to  this  subscription  agree- 
ment who  shall  receive  the  written  assent  of  the  majority  in 
amount  of  the  signers,  or  their  legal  representatives." 

The  foregoing  paper  was  dated  April  22,  1871,  and  to  this 
was  appended  the  following  : 

Wm.  M.  Halsted,  $250     S.  R.  Van  Duzer,  $250 

M.  C.  D.  Borden,  250     Wm.  E.  Dodge,  250 

John  Byers,  250     Mr.  &  Mrs.  Stokes,  200 

This  came  to  my  knowledge  soon  after  its  date,  and  I 
agreed  to  give  it  a  helping  hand.  In  the  Spring  of  1872  not 
much  progress  had  been  made,  and  by  reason  of  ill-health,  I 
left  the  country  for  six  months  ;  and  immediately  on  my  re- 
turn the  Boston  fire  reloaded  me  with  work,  and  I  did  not 
take  up  the  enterprise  of  raising  the  fund,  whicli  by  that  time 
had  lapsed  into  inaction.  The  original  plan  failed,  there 
being  no  one  to  care  for  and  carry  it  to  completion.  The 
crisis  of  1873  was  in  the  road,  a  barrier  to  much  progress.  To 
save  what  had  been  promised,  and  win  other  sums,  if  possible 
(the  New  York  friends  having  apparently  abandoned  the 
work),  in  1873  I  started  on  a  new  basis,  viz.  to  collect  all 
that  could  be  secured,  the  income  to  go  to  Mrs.  Taylor  dur- 
ing her  life,  and  at  her  death  the  Fund  to  go  to  the  Trustees 
of  Phillips  Academy  absolutely,  as  follows  :  "  We,  the  sub- 
scribers, agree  to  give  the  sums  set  against  our  names,  and 
pay  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  at  Andover,  Mass., 
when  ten  thousand  dollars  are  subscribed  by  responsible 
parties,  on  the  following  conditions,"  viz.  : 

First.  That  the  Trustees  of  said  Academy  shall  hold  and 
invest  said  ten   thousand  dollars  in  such  securities  as  they 


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deem  safe,  and  pay  the  income  annually  or  semi-annually  to 
Mrs.  Caroline  P.  Taylor,  widow  of  the  late  Samuel  H.  Tay- 
lor, formerly  Principal  of  said  Academy,  during  her  life-time. 

Second.  That  at  the  death  of  said  widow,  the  income  of 
said  Fund  shall  be  used  by  the  said  Trustees  for  Indigent 
Students,  or  in  any  way  they  may  deem  best  for  the  good  of 
said  Academy. 

Third.  That  the  fund  shall  be  called  the  "  Samuel  H. 
Taylor  Memorial  Fund." 

January  27,  1873. 

Mr.  Halsted  conditioned  his  subscription  with  the  follow- 
ing :  The  following  subscribers  of  the  Taylor  Memorial 
Fund  "  stipulate  that  at  Mrs.  Taylor's  death,  the  amount  of 
their  subscriptions  shall  be  paid  over  by  the  Trustees  of  said 
Fund  to  Arthur  F.  Taylor,  son  of  Dr.  S.  H.  Taylor. 

(Signed)  Wm.  M.  Halsted. 

Feb.  10,  1873. 

Subsequently  the  ten  thousand  dollar  condition  was  waived, 
and  on  that  basis  I  collected  direct,  and  through  Mr.  B. 
Wood,  the  following : 

1873,  Oct.  20,  Alphcus  Hardy,  Boston,  $250 

S.  D.  Warren,  "  250 

S.  Johnson,  "  200 

D.  N.  Skillings,  "  250 
23,  P.  and  J.  Smith,  Andover,  500 

Nov.  13,  Wm.  E.  Dodge,     New  York,  250 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  J.  Stokes,  "  200 

C.  C.  Dodge,                "  25 

G.  E.  Dodge,         Worcester,  25 

20,  H.  C.  Clapp,         New  York,               '  25 

M.  C.  D.  Borden,  Fall  Eiver,  250 

John  Byers,           New  York,  100 

E.  A.  Ammidown,        "  100 
H.  Farnum,           New  Haven,  250 

23,  S.  R.  Van  Duzcr,    New  York,  250 


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1873,Nov.  23,  Wm.  M.  Halsted,  New  York,  $250 

28,  Leonard  Richardson,   "  100 

G.H.Whitcomb,  Worcester,  100 

C.  B.  Metcalf,              "  25 

Joseph  S.  Ropes,     Boston,  25 

Geo.  O.  Sliattiick,        "  50 

Dec.    9,  Geo.  Dwiglit,  Jr.,        "  25 

24,  R.  W.  Parker,             "  25 

1874,  Mar:       A.  C.  Perkins,              "  25 

27,  R.  C.  Morse,                "  25 

Apr.  1,  Ezra  Farnsworth,        "  250 

J.  W.  Edmunds,                              Newton,  100 

Joseph  W.  Bacon,                               "  100 

G.  C.  S.  Southworth,               West  Springfield,  25 

$4,050 
Less  payment  of  expenses,  B.  Wood,  agent,  $225 

$3^ 
1878,  Apr.  Rev. F.H.Johnson,      Andover,  $25 

$3,850 

I  made  out  the  account  to  April  1,  1875,  and  paid  Mrs. 
Taylor  the  interest  on  sums  from  date  of  payment  to  April  1, 
say  $91.23,  and  have  since  paid  her  quarterly  $66.94  on  the 

principal  of  $3,825,  at  the  rate  of  seven  per  cent 

(Signed),  Alpheus  Hardy. 

Boston,  April,  1877. 

Voted,  To  accept  tlie  Fund,  with  the  hearty  thanks  of  the 
Board  to  Mr.  Hardy  for  his  efforts  to  secure  and  protect  the 
Fund,  in  the  interest  of  Mrs.  Taylor  and  the  Academy. 

Academy  Records,  page  623. 

Mrs.  Taylor  died  May  12,  1878,  and  two  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  was  paid  Arthur  F.  Taylor,  as  directed  in  the 
subscription  of  Mr.  Halsted,  leavijig  the  present  amount  of 
the  Fund  $3,600 


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1878  — June  17. 
PETER    SMITH    BYERS    SCHOLARSHIP. 

New  York,  May  10,  1878. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Dear  Sir : 
I  enclose  my  check  for  five  hundred  dollars.  I  donate  tliis 
amount  for  the  founding  of  a  Peter  Smith  Byers  Scholarship  ; 
the  principal  to  be  securely  invested,  and  the  yearly  income 
thereof  to  be  used  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees in  aiding  any  students  permanently  residing  in  the  Town 
of  Andover,  who  may  need  assistance  towards  paying  their 
tuition  in  Phillips  Academy. 

Yours  respectfully, 

John  Byers. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  paye  3. 


DRAPER    PRIZE    SPEAKING    FUND. 

Andover,  June  5,  1878. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen  : 

As  one  of  the  Alumni,  owing  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  Phil- 
lips Academy,  and  feeling  a  deep  interest  in  its  welfare,  I 
give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the  sum  of  six 
hundred  and  sixty-seven  dollars,  in  trust,  as  a  permanent  fund, 
to  be  safely  invested  by  them,  and  the  income  thereof  to  be 
appropriated  as  prizes  to  members  of  the  Academy  for  excel- 
lence in  declamation,  so  long  as  the  Principal  and  the  Trus- 
tees of  said  Academy  shall  deem  the  offering  of  prizes  the 
best  means  of  securing  such  excellence. 

It  is  my  wish  that  in  case  this  fund  shall  at  any  time  suffer 
unavoidable  loss,  tlie  income  shall  be  used  to  restore  it  to  its 
full  amount ;  and  if  the  income  shall  exceed  forty  dollars 
per  annum,  the  excess  be  added  to  the  principal  to  provide 
for  such  a  contingency. 


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If  the  fund  should  accumulate  so  as  to  yield  an  income  of 
fifty  dollars  per  annum,  the  whole  income  may  thereafter  be 
used  for  prizes. 

The  said  Trustees  may  by  vote  suspend  such  prizes  and 
appropriate  the  income  of  said  fund  to  instruction  in  Elocu- 
tion, or  they  may  allow  the  fund  to  accumulate,  and  may  use 
it  for  the  endowment  of  a  Professorship  in  this  department, 
wlienever  the  said  fund  with  its  accumulations  shall  by  itself, 
or  by  additions  from  other  sources,  be  sufficient  for  that  pur- 
pose. But  this  fund  shall  never  be  used  except  for  the 
objects  herein  named. 

Respectfully  yours, 

W.  F.   Draper. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  3  —  See  page  241. 


J.  M.  SEARS    DONATION. 

Geneva,  May  5,  1878. 

My  dear  Mr.  Bancroft  : 

I  received  on  my  arrival  here  a  few  days  ago,  your  kind 
and  explicit  letter  regarding  the  fund  for  Pliillips  Academy, 
to  which  letter  I  hasten  to  reply.     Having  been  at  Phillips, 

I  feel  more  or  less  interest  in  its  welfare Whatever 

I  give,  I  give  quietly,  to  be  used  as  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  think  best ;  hat  under  no  circumstances  is  my  name 
to  he  associated  with  the  gift.  I  shall  look  to  you  to  see  that 
my  wishes  are  carried  out.  This  letter  serves  as  a  cheque 
for  ten  thousand  dollars  ;  and  upon  presentation  of  this 
letter  to  Mr.  A.  Hardy,  that  sum  will  be  paid  to  the  Trustees 
of  Phillips  Academy. 

Yours  sincerely, 

J.  M.  Sears. 

Voted,  That  the  special  thanks  of  the  Board  be  extended 
to  Mr.  Sears  by  the  Clerk. 
Amount  received,  -f  10,500 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  4. 

Voted,  That  the  Clerk  be  authorized  to  extend  the  thanks 
of  the  Board  to  Peter  C.  Brooks,  Esq.,  and  Prof.  John  L. 

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250 

Taylor,  in  suitable  terms,  for  a  gift  of  five  hundred  dollars 
each  to  the  Academy. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  4  —  See  page  253. 


JONATHAN  TAYLOR  SCHOLARSHIP. 

Andover,  June  17,  1878. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen  : 
It  is  my  purpose  to  found  in  Phillips  Academy  a  Scholar- 
ship of  one  thousand   dollars,  to  be  called  the  "  Jonathan 
Taylor  Scholarsliip,"  in  memory  of  my  honored  father,  payable 
at  such  time,  and  in  such  amounts  as  suits  my  convenience. 
Wlien  available  I  wish  the  preference  given  to  some  worthy 
Andover  boy,  whose  circumstances  require  such  aid  in  pay- 
ment of  his  tuition,  in  whole  or  in  part. 

If  at  any  time  loss  of  principal  occurs,  I  wish  the  same 
to  be  made  good  from  the  income. 

Very  truly  yours,  etc., 

Edward  Taylor. 

Voted,  That  the  Board  accept  the  donation  on  the  terms 
proposed. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  5, 


DONATION    OF    PORTRAITS. 

Andover,  June  6,  1878. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 

The  family  of  the  late  James  S.  Eaton,  being  desirous  of 
perpetuating  his  memory  in  connection  with  the  institution 
where  a  large  part  of  his  lifework  was  done,  take  pleasure  in 
presenting  to  Phillips  Academy  his  portrait,  painted  by  Miss 
Emily  A.  Means,  of  Andover. 

Voted,  The  thanks  of  the  Board  to  the  following  donors  of 
portraits  to  the  Trustees  at  the  Centennial  ;  viz.,  Mrs.  Samuel 
Williston,  for  portrait  of  her  husband  ;  Mr.  John  C.  Phillips, 
Chairman  of  Alumni  Committee  on  Portraits,  for  portrait  of 
Ebenezer  Pemberton,  LL.D. ;  Mrs.  James  S.  Eaton  and  Mr. 


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Wm.  W.  Eaton,  for  portrait  of  Mr.  James  S.  Eaton  ;  Clerk 
of  the  Philoraathean  Society  for  portrait  of  Professor  H.  B. 
Hackett ;  to  friends,  for  portrait  of  Lieut.  S.  H.  Thompson  ; 
to  tlie  Class  of  1874,  for  portrait  of  Mr.  Frederick  W.  Tilton, 
Principal,  1871-73. 

Academy  Eecords,  Vol.  ii.  page  5. 


SCHOLARSHIP  OF  SENIOR  CLASSICAL  CLASS  OF  1878. 

Andover,  June  18,  1878. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen  : 

It  was  decided  by  a  vote  of  the  Senior  Classical  Class,  that 
the  sum  of  money  raised  by  them  shall  be  devoted  to  found- 
ing a  scholarship  ;  that  this  sum  sliall  be  invested  by  the 
Trustees  at  an  interest  not  exceeding  six  per  cent.  This 
sum  is  to  lie  on  interest  until,  by  interest  and  dividends  or 
donations,  it  shall  have  increased  to  five  hundred  dollars, — 
then  one-half  of  the  interest  of  said  sum  shall,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Faculty,  be  given  to  one  or  more  members  of  the 
Senior  Classical  Class,  and  the  other  half  shall  be  added  to 
the  principal.  In  the  distribution  of  the  money,  indigent 
Students,  provided  they  are  faithful  in  their  studies,  shall 
have  the  preference. 

Per  order  of  the  Committee, 

E.  Alden  Dyer,  Chairman. 

Voted,  That  the  Board  accept  the  gift  on  the  terms  ex- 
pressed, and  that  the  Clerk  express  the  thanks  of  the  Cor- 
poration to  Mr.  Dyer,  as  the  representative  of  the  donors. 
Received  from  the  Class,  $305.00,  income,  -f  107.50,      1412.50 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  6. 


JOSEPH  COOK  GREEK  PRIZE  FUND. 
To  the  Reverend  and  Honorable,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Mass. 
Gentlemen  : 
I  hereby  convey  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the 
sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  the  same  to  be  securely  invested, 


.      £52 

and  with  such  additions  as  may  hereafter  be  made  to  tliis 
sum,  held  in  sacred  trust,  and  denominated  the  "  Joseph 
Cook  Greek  Prize  Fund." 

I  desire  that  the  principal  be  forever  kept  intact,  and  that 
if  any  part  be  lost,  the  income  shall  be  first  applied  from 
year  to  year  to  make  good  the  loss. 

The  income  not  thus  required  I  desire  to  have  used  from 
year  to  year  to  promote  among  the  students  of  Phillips 
Academy  a  knowledge  of  the  Greek  Language,  Literature, 
History,  and  Art,  by  means  of  a  prize  or  prizes,  or  in  such 
other  way  as  sliall  be  considered  most  conducive  to  the  object 
herein  proposed,  and  most  advantageous  to  the  Academy  ; 
tlie  method  to  be  determined  and  announced  annually  as 
early  as  November  first,  by  the  Principal  of  the  Academy,  in 
consultation  with  the  principal  teacher  of  Greek  in  the 
Academy  and  the  principal  teacher  of  Greek  in  the  Andover 
Theological  Seminary. 

Yours  very  respectfully, 

Joseph  Cook. 

Boston,  April  6,  1878. 

Voted,  That  the  Trustees  accept  the  gift  on  the  terms  pro- 
posed, and  that  the  Clerk  acknowledge  tlie  same  in  suitable 
form. 

With  one  hundred  dollars  formerly  received,  and  income,  i700 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  6. 


1878— June  5th  and  6th. 
CENTENNIAL    CELEBRATION. 

Sundry  expenses  attending  the  same,  13,341.14 

Citizens'  subscription,  12,032.35 

Citizens'  Lecture  Course,  130.37 

Dinner  tickets  sold,  280.50 

Dea.  Peter  Smith,  to  balance,  897.92 

$3,341.14 


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Mr.  Smith  of  the  Board,  having  offered  to  meet  the 
deficiency  in  tlie  subscription  towards  the  necessary  expenses 
attending  the  Centennial  Celebration  :  On  motion  of  Dr. 
Alden,  the  hearty  and  unanimous  thanks  of  the  Board  to 
Mr.  Smith  were  voted,  and  the  Clerk  was  instructed  to  com- 
municate the  same  in  suitable  form. 


CENTENNIAL    FUND. 

In  connection  with  the  completion  of  the  first  century  of 
the  Academy,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  was  raised  for 
scholarships  and  endowments.    In  addition  to  gifts  for  specific 
purposes,  the  following  sums  have  been  received. 
Prof.  J.  L.  Taylor,  Andover  (see  p.  249),  $500 

Peter  C.  Brooks,  Boston,  "  500 

Hon.  Thos.  B.  Dwight,   Philadelphia,  60 

Prof.  C.  M.  Mead,  Andover,  200 

J.  M.  Rodacanachi,  Boston,  25 

Mrs.  Emily  C.  Williston,  Easthampton,  100 

Rev.  F.  H.  Johnson,  Andover,  500 

Wm.  0.  Grover,  Boston,  5000 

Geo.  H.  Whitcomb,  Worcester,  1000 

Nathaniel  Niles,  New  York,  500 

Samuel  Johnson,  Boston,  3^36 

E.  P.  Burgess,  Dedham,  50 

Miss  Marion  Burgess,  "  200 

Leonard  Richardson,  New  York,  250 

H.  H.  Donaldson  (Class  '75),  New  Haven,  250 

Samuel  B.  Capen,  Boston,  500 

Hon.  Alpheus  Hardy,  "  1583 

Present  amount  of  Centennial  Fund,  $23,288.81 

Other  gifts  for  special  purposes  making  up  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  as  recorded  elsewhere. 


The  President  having  stated  to  the  Board,  that  through 
gifts  of  Peter  Smith  and  John  Smith  of  Andover,  and  John 


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Byers  of  New  York,  coupled  with  his  own  guarantee  for  the 
balance,  the  full  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  has 
been  secured  for  the  Academy,  —  called  the  Centennial  Re- 
Endowment  Fund,  by  which  the  condition  attached  to  the 
gift  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  by  John  C.  Phillips  of 
Boston,  and  the  conditions  upon  which  the  gift  of  one  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars  was  promised  by  Mrs.  Valeria  G.  Stone, 
widow  of  the  late  Daniel  P.  Stone  of  Maiden  (for  Theological 
Seminary),  have  been  fully  met,  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  proposed  agreement,  read  to  the  Board  by 
Mr.  T.  H.  Russell,  between  Peter  Smith,  John  Smith,  John 
Byers,  and  the  Corporation  be  accepted  and  adopted  l)y  this 
Board,  and  the  Treasurer  be,  and  is  hereby  authorized,  to 
sign  the  same  in  the  name  and  on  behalf  of  the  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy,  and  to  place  the  seal  of  this  Corporation 
upon  said  agreements. 

Voted,  That  the  President  and  Clerk  be  a  Committee  to 
draft  suitable  notice  to  Mr.  John  C.  Phillips  of  the  fulfilment 
of  the  conditions  of  his  gift,  and  to  express  to  him  how 
warmly  tlie  Trustees  appreciate  his  timely  and  generous 
donation. 

Also,  that  the  same  Committee  be  authorized  to  formally 
acquaint  Mrs.  Stone  of  the  completion  of  the  endowment  of 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars  ;  and  to  express  to  Mrs.  Stone 
their  gratitude  for  her  munificent  gifts  to  the  Seminary,  and 
to  make  such  further  arrangements  as  they  may  deem  wise 
regarding  them. 

Also,  that  the  same  Committee  be  authorized  to  convey  to 
John  Smith,  Peter  Smith,  and  John  Byers,  Esquires,  the  pro- 
found gratitude  of  this  Board,  for  tlieir  timely  and  generous 
donation  ;  and  for  their  repeated  and  generous  contributions 
to  the  institutions  under  their  care. 

Voted,  That  the  agreement  of  Messrs.  John  Smith,  Peter 
Smith,  and  John  Byers  with  the  Trustees  be  entered  upon 
the  records. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  pages  8  and  9. 


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1879  — June  5. 

PETER    SMITH   BYERS    ENDOWMENT   FUND. 
MEMORANDUM   OF  AGREEMENT. 

This  memorandum  of  agreement  made  and  entered  into 
this  fifth  day  of  June,  A.D.  1879,  by  and  between  John  Smith 
and  Peter  Smith  of  Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  John  Byers 
of  New  York  City,  on  the  one  part,  and  the  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Aeademy,  a  corporation  duly  established  by  laws  of 
Massachusetts,  of  the  other  part,  witnesseth :  That  the  said 
John  Smith,  Peter  Smith,  and  John  Byers  have  covenanted 
and  agreed  to  arid  with  the  said  Trustees  to,  and  do  hereby, 
contribute  for  the  endowment  of  the  Principalship  of  the 
Phillips  Academy  at  said  Andover  the  sums  herein-after 
named,  being  forty  thousand  dollars  in  all  ;  such  endowment 
to  be  called  the  "  Peter  Smith  Byers  Endowment  Fund,"  and 
the  income  thereof  to  be  forever  used  for  the  support  and 
maintenance  of  the  Principal  for  the  time  being  of  said  Phil- 
lips Academy.  That  is,  the  said  John  Smith  covenants  and 
agrees  to  pay  to  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  for 
said  purpose  during  the  year  1879  the  sum  of  three  thou- 
sand dollars,  and  during  the  year  1880  the  further  sum  of 
three  thousand  dollars,  and  during  the  year  1881  the  further 
sum  of  four  thousand  dollars,  making  in  all  the  sum  of 
ten  thousand  dollars, —  all  said  payments  to  be  made  without 
interest. 

The  said  Peter  Smith  covenants  and  agrees  to  pay  to  the 
said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  for  said  purpose  during 
the  year  1879  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  and  during 
the  year  1880  the  further  sum  of  seventy-five  hundred  dol- 
lars, and  during  the  year  1881  the  further  sum  of  seventy- 
five  hundred  dollars,  making  in  all  twenty  thousand  dollars, 
—  all  said  payments  to  be  without  interest. 

The  said  John  Byers  covenants  and  agrees  to  pay  to  the 
said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  for  said  purpose  during 
the  year  1879  the  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars,  and  during 
the  year  1880  the  further  sum  of  thirty-five  hundred  dollars, 


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and  during  the  year  1881  the  farther  sum  of  thirty-five  hun- 
dred dollars,  making  in  all  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 
—  all  said  payments  to  be  made  without  interest. 

Each  of  said  contributors  covenants  for  himself  only,  and 
each  binds  himself  and  his  legal  representatives  respectively 
thereby. 

Tiie  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  hereby  accept  said 
covenants,  agreements,  and  contributions,  and  covenant  and 
agree  to  take,  hold,  and  apply  tlie  said  sums  to  the  uses  and 
purposes  herein  specified  by  said  donors. 

In  testimony  whereof  the  said  John  Smith,  Peter  Smith, 
and  John  Byers  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  and  seals,  and 
the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  hath  hereto  set  its 
corporate  seal,  and  caused  this  instrument  to  be  signed  in  its 
name  and  behalf,  by  its  Treasurer  thereto  duly  authorized, 
this  fifth  day  of  June,  A.D.  1879. 

(Signed)  John  Smith, 

Peter  Smith, 
John  Byers. 

Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 

(Signed)  By  Edward  Taylor,  Treasurer. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  10. 


HIRAM   W.   FRENCH    SCHOLARSHIP. 

Andover,  June  9,  1879. 

Dear  Sir  : 

I  hereby  give  the  enclosed  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars  to 
the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in  Andover,  to  found  a 
scholarship  to  be  called  "  The  French  Scholarship,"  the  in- 
come thereof  to  be  applied  to  the  aid  of  indigent  and  meri- 
torious students  in  said  Academy. 

Very  respectfully, 

Hiram  W.  rFRENCH. 
To  Edward  Taylor,  Esq., 

Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Voted,  Tiiat  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  returned  to  Mr. 
French  for  his  generous  and  timely  donation. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  12. 


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Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  extended  to  Wm. 
0.  Grover,  G.  Henry  Whitcomb,  H.  H.  Donaldson,  Prof.  C. 
M.  Mead,  Mrs.  Emily  C.  Williston,  Miss  Marion  Burgess,  and 
Mr.  E.  P.  Burgess  for  their  generous  gifts  to  Phillips  Academy, 
and  that  the  Clerk  be  authorized  to  send  a  similar  note  to 
any  others  who  may  pay  their  subscriptions  within  the  present 
year. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  13  —  See  page  253. 


WM.    G.   MEANS'   DONATION   FOR   PRIZES. 

Boston,  March  19,  1879. 

Rev.  C.  F.  p.  Bancroft, 
My  Dear  Sir  : 

Your  note  of  the  16th  inst.  found  me  hardly  recovered 
enough  to  entertain  the  subject  under  discussion  ;  but  to-day 
I  am  better,  and  hope  soon  to  be  able  to  attend  to  business. 

After  some  reflection  I  have  come  to  entirely  coincide  with 
you  and  Dea.  Taylor  in  your  views,  which  implies  that  the 
Means  Prizes  are  to  remain  as  they  are,  twenty,  twelve,  and 
eight  dollars  ;  thus  they  will  have  the  character  of  stability, 
having  been  established  at  these  sums  from  the  commence- 
ment, and  I  can  easily  see  why  it  is  not  desirable  for  the 
school  to  increase  the  number,  and  thus  make  them  too 
common. 

In  making  this  settlement  at  this  time,  I  desire  to  con- 
tribute to  the  Centennial  Fund,  and  also  endow  the  Means 
Prizes  ;  and  I  presume  that  your  idea  is,  that  the  six  hundred 
dollars  will  supply  the  forty  dollars  for  tlie  prizes,  or  tliat  the 
Treasurer  will  make  up  any  deficiency  that  may  arise  out  of 
general  funds.  If  this  is  so,  I  will  on  or  about  the  first  of 
April  send  or  give  Mr.  Taylor  the  Bond  I  spoke  of,  which 
cost  me  one  thousand  and  fifty  dollars,  and  is  worth  that 
in  market  to-day.  It  draws  seven  percent  semi-annually,  on 
the  first  days  of  January  and  July,  so  that  on  the  first  of  July 
next  there  will  be  added  thirty-five  dollars  more  to  the  fund. 
I  shall  require  the  Treasurer's  note  for  one  thousand  dollars 

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without   interest  to  offset  the  Legacy  in  my  will  for  that 
amount,  as  I  do  not  wish  to  change  my  will. 

When  Dea.  Taylor  is  in  town  some  time  about  the  first  of 
April,  he  had  best  call  upon  me,  and  we  will  then  settle  the 
matter. 

Wishing  you  success  in  your  efforts  to  make  up  the  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  in  all  your  efforts  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  young  men  under  your  charge, 
I  remain,  very  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

William  G.  Means. 

Academy  Records,  A^'ol.  ii.  page  15. 

[Note.  —  In  settlement,  six  hundred  dollars  was  credited  to  Mr.  Means' 
Prize  Fund,  and  two  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  each  from  his  two  sons, 
Wm.  A.  Means  and  Robert  L.  Means  to  the  Centennial  Fund,  and  a  note 
given  by  the  Treasurer]. 


PORTRAIT  OF  MR.  PETER  SMITH  BYERS. 

The  Clerk  having  announced  the  gift  of  an  elegant  portrait 
of  Mr.  Peter  Smith  Byers,  from  Mr.  John  Byers  of  New  York, 

Voted,  That  the  Clerk  convey  the  thanks  of  the  Board 
to  Mr.  Byers  for  this  valuable  memorial  of  an  esteemed  grad- 
uate of  the  Academy,  and  one  of  its  most  successful  teachers, 
in  whose  name  and  memory  the  Principalship  has  been  re- 
cently endowed. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  16. 


JOHN    C.    PHILLIPS   DONATION. 

Boston,  August  5,  1879. 

To  the  Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Dear  Sir  : 
In  fulfilment  of  a  pledge  made  more  than  a  year  ago,  I 
hereby  give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover, 
Mass.,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  to  be  held  by 
them  and  their  legal  successors  in  trust  for  the  purpose  of 


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endowing  a  chair  of  instruction  in  the  Latin  Language  in 
Phillips  Academy  on  the  following  terms  and  conditions, 
to  wit : 

First,  This  gift  is  to  be  set  apart,  and  held  as  a  separate 
fund,  the  income  only  to  be  used  for  the  payment  of  the 
salary  of  the  instructor  on  this  foundation. 

Second,  If  in  any  year  there  be  an  excess  of  income  above 
the  amount  required  for  the  salary  of  the  instructor  on  this 
foundation-,  such  excess  shall  be  added  to  the  principal  for 
its  permanent  increase. 

Third,  If  at  any  other  time  there  be  a  loss  of  any  portion 
of  this  fund,  I  desire  that  the  entire  income,  so  long  as  may 
be  necessary,  be  added  to  the  principal,  till  restored  to  its 
oi'iginal  amount. 

Fourth,  It  is  my  wish,  that  this  endowment  be  so  used  as 
to  promote  in  the  most  effective  way  the  general  purpose  for 
which  the  Academy  was  founded,  and  more  particularly  to 
increase  its  usefulness  as  a  preparatory  classical  school. 
Accordingly,  if  in  the  progress  of  time,  in  the  judgment  of 
the  Trustees  this  fund  can  be  used  in  some  other  department 
more  wisely  than  in  the  Latin  department,  I  desire  that  it  be 
so  applied  ;  but  in  no  case  is  the  income  of  this  fund  to  be 
used  for  any  other  purpose  than  for  instruction,  nor  is  any 
other  change  to  be  made  in  the  uses  of  the  fund  except  for 
urgent  reasons,  which  reasons  are  to  be  set  forth  by  the 
Trustees  as  a  part  of  the  record  of  the  vote  authorizing  the 
change. 

It  gives  me  the  greatest  joy  to  tender  this  gift  in  the  belief 
that  it  will  be  of  material  benefit  in  helping  to  build  up  and 
place  upon  a  more  solid  foundation  an  academy  of  learning, 
founded  by  members  t)f  my  family,  in  which  I  received  my 
early  education,  and  whose  future  career  I  shall  always  fol- 
low with  the  liveliest  interest. 
I  am,  dear  sir, 

Sincerely  yours, 

John  C.  Phillips. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  jjage  18. 


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Voted,  That  the  President  and  Clerk  be  a  Committee  to 
convey  to  Mr.  John  C.  Phillips  the  thanks  of  the  Board,  for 
his  generous  donation  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for  the 
support  of  the  Latin  Instruction  in  Phillips  Academy. 

Boston,  November  24,  1879. 

Dear  Sir  : 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  at  Andover,  the  Treasurer  informed  the  Board  that 
you  had  paid  your  subscription  of  twenty-five  thousand  dol- 
lars to  the  Centennial  Re-Endowment  Fund  of  the  Academy  ; 
and  the  Board  voted,  with  deeply  felt  gratitude  to  you  for 
your  noble,  timely,  and  generous  gift,  that  the  President  and 
Clerk  be  authorized  to  communicate  to  you  the  thanks  of  the 
Board  for  the  donation,  and  its  prompt  payment,  and  also 
to  assure  you  how  highly  they  appreciate  your  generosity. 
Without  it,  the  sum  sought,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
could  hardly  have  been  raised  ;  for  in  these  times  of  free 
public  schools  and  free  academies,  it  is  difficult  to  find  men 
of  means  to  feel  the  necessity  of  sustaining  a  school  of  the  char- 
acter of  Phillips  Academy,  where  the  union  of  Religion  and 
Education  is  held  to  be  of  paramount  importance.  The  Trustees 
also  recognize  the  beautiful  harmony  between  the  beginning 
and  the  end  of  the  first  century  in  the  Academy's  history. 

On  the  first  page  of  its  records  under  date  of  May  1777, 
stands  the  honored  name  of  John  Phillips  ;  and  now  in  1817, 
that  one  similar  in  name,  and  of  the  family  of  the  founders, 
should  come  forward  and  repeat  the  strain,  "  Knowledge  and 
goodness  united  form  the  noblest  character,  and  lay  the  surest 
foundation  of  usefulness  to  mankind,"  is  as  remarkable  as  it 
is  pleasing. 

With  assurances  of  high  esteem, 

Cordially  yours, 

Alpheus  Hardy,  President. 

Cecil  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 
To  John  C.  Phillips,  Esq.,  Boston. 

Academy  Records,  Vol.  ii.  page  16. 


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Voted,  That  the  Board  request  Mr.  Phillips  to  sit  for  his 
portrait,  to  be  added  to  the  Academy  collection. 

Voted,  That  the  President  and  Clerk  be  a  Committee  to 
convey  to  Peter  Smith,  Esq.,  the  thanks  of  the  Board  for  his 
recent  generous  donation  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  for  the 
Peter  Smith  Byers  Fund  for  the  Principalship. 

Boston,  November  24,  1879. 

Dear  Sir  : 

At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  of  Andover,  the  Treasurer  informed  the  Board  that 
you  had  paid  your  subscription  of  twenty  tliousand  dollars 
to  the  Centennial  Endowment  Fund  for  Phillips  Academy, 
to  be  applied  to  the  Peter  Smith  Byers  foundation  to  Endow 
the  Chair  of  the  Principal  /of  the  Academy  ;  whereupon  it 
was  voted  that  the  President  and  Clerk  be  authorized  and 
instructed  to  express  to  you  their  deep-felt  gratitude  and  high 
appreciation  of  your  noble  gift.  This  and  other  donations, 
so  frequently  repeated  by  you,  the  Trustees  fully  prize  ;  and 
they  also  beg  to  express  their  gratitude  for  your  valuable  in- 
fluence with  others  from  whom  the  Academy  and  the  Theolo- 
gical Seminary  have  received  liberal  and  timely  aid. 

These  benefactions  are  not  alone  to  our  neighbors,  nor  yet 
to  the  present  generation,  but  the  distant  and  future  ones  are 
to  be  benefitted  and  blessed. 

It  is  a  rich  privilege  to  reaffirm  the  wisdom  of  the  founders 
of  these  institutions  in  the  words  that  "  Knowledge  and  good- 
ness united  form  the  noblest  character  and  lay  the  surest 
foundation  of  usefulness  to  mankind." 
With  esteem  and  respect. 

Cordially  yours, 

Alpheus  Hardy,  President. 
Cecil  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 
To  Peter  Smith,  Esq.,  Andover. 

Academy  Eecords,  Vol.  ii.  pages  16  and  17. 


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1880  — June  10. 

GIFT    OF   PORTRAITS   OF   LEONARD   WOODS,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
AND  MAJOR-GENERAL   WM.  F.  BARTLETT. 

The  Clerk  announced  the  gift  of  a  portrait  of  Leonard 
Woods,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  a  former  pupil  of  the  Academy,  and 
tlie  President  of  the  Board  was  requested  to  convey  the 
thanks  of  the  Trustees  to  the  donor,  Wra.  Perkins,  Esq.,  of 
Boston. 

The  Clerk  announced  the  gift  of  a  portrait  of  Major-General 
Wm.  F.  Bartlett,  a  former  pupil  in  the  Academy,  and  the 
President  of  the  Board  was  requested  to  convey  the  thanks 
of  the  Trustees  to  the  donor,  Charles  L.  Bartlett,  Esq.,  of 
Lexington. 


1880— Juue  21. 

CAROLINE    PARKER    TAYLOR    SCHOLARSHIP,  BY 
MRS.  HARDY. 

Boston,  January  1,  1880. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
Andover. 
Remembering  the  pious  devotion  of  Mrs.  Caroline  P.  Taylor 
in  the  cause  of  Christian  education,  and  the  aid  she  rendered 
her  husband,  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Taylor,  in  his  long  and  efficient 
service  as  Principal  of  the  Academy,  —  and  in  memory  of 
affectionate  friendship,  —  I  give  to  the  Treasury  of  the  Acad- 
emy one  thousand  dollars  to  be  invested  and  held  by  you, 
and  known  as  the  "  Caroline  Parker  Taylor  Scholarship  "  ; 
the  yearly  income  to  be  given  to  some  worthy  Christian 
student  in  the  Academy,  whose  purpose  shall  be  to  enter  the 
ministry  of  Christ. 

Yours  with  respect, 
(Signed)  Susan  W.  Hardy. 

Voted^  That  the  Clerk  acknowledge  the  gift  in  suitable  terms. 

Academy  Records,  page  21. 


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DONATION   OF   EMMA   L.   TAYLOR. 

The  Clerk  also  read  the  following  extract  from  a  letter  of 
Miss  Emma  L.  Taylor. 

St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.,  June  11,  1880. 

Rev.  Mr.  Bancroft, 

My  Dear  Sir  :  ...  .  Since  the  death  of  our  brother  I 
have  wanted  to  make  some  memorial  gift  to  your,  and  may  I 
say  his,  Academy,  which  he  so  much  loved,  in  which  he  did 
his  lifework,  and  which  was  his  stepping-stone  to  heaven.  It 
is  meet  that  memories  so  precious  should  have  some  expres- 
sion ;  so  I  propose  to  place  in  your  hands  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars,  to  be  expended  in  some  work  of  Art  which 
you,  with  Professors  Park  and  Churchill,  may  select. 

While  the  matter  is  left  wholly  to  you  three  gentlemen, 
were  I  asked  my  preferences,  I  should  give  none  unless  in 
favor  of  statuary.  But  I  do  not  wish  to  be  consulted.  The 
sum  named  will  have  to  include  expense  in  selecting,  trans- 
porting, and  putting  in  place.  The  money  I  will  forward  in 
a  short  time  after  you  notify  me  that  it  is  wanted. 
Most  sincerely, 
(Signed)  Emma  L.  Taylor. 

The  Clerk  was  authorized  to  acknowledge  the  gift  in  suit- 
able terms. 

Academy  Records,  page  21  —  See  pages  275  and  276. 


[Act  of  Legislature,  March  8,  1880]. 
All  Act  of  the  Legislature  was  read  as  follows  : 

COMMONWEALTH   OF   MASSACHUSETTS. 

In  the  year  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  eighty. 

Chaper  65, 

An  Act  to  authorize  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  in 

Andover  to  hold  additional  real  and  personal  estate. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Court  assembled,  and    by   the    authority   of  the 
same  as  follows  : 
Section  1.     The  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  are  hereby 


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authorized  to  receive,  purchase,  and  hold  by  gift,  grant,  devise, 
bequest,  o,r  otherwise,  for  the  further  endowment  of  either  or 
both  departments  of  the  said  institution,  and  in  furtherance 
of  the  designs  of  the  founders  and  benefactors  of  said  Acad- 
emy, real  estate  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  five  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  and  personal  estate  to  an  amount  not  ex- 
ceeding one  million  dollars  ;  provided  the  income  of  said 
estate  shall  always  be  applied  to  the  objects  and  purposes  of 
the  said  institution,  and  agreeably  to  the  will  of  the  donors. 
Sect.  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 

House  of  Representatives,  March  3,  1880. 

Passed  to  be  enacted,  Charles  J.  Noyes,  Speaker. 
In  Senate,  March  4, 1880. 

Passed  to  be  enacted,  Robert  R.  Bishop,  President. 
March  5,  1880.     Approved  —  John  D.  Long. 

Secretary's  Department,  Boston,  March  5,  1880. 
A  true  copy  —  Attest,  Henry  B.  Peirce, 

Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth. 
Academy  Records,  page  22. 


1881  — January  31. 

LETTER    TO    JOHN    SMITH,  Esq. 

It  having  been  announced  that  John  Smith,  Esq.,  had  paid 
in  full  his  subscription  to  the  "  Peter  Smith  Byers  Fund  " 
for  the  Principalship  in  Phillips  Academy,  the  President  and 
Clerk  were  authorized  and  instructed  to  acknowledge  the 
gift,  with  their  thanks,  which  was  done  in  terms  as  follows  : 

Andover,  Mass.,  Feb.  3,  1881. 

John  Smith,  Esq.,  Andover,  Mass. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  held  in  Boston  the  31st  ult., 
it  was  announced  that  you  had  paid  in  full  your  subscription 
to  the  Academy.  The  President  of  the  Board,  and  the  Clerk 
of  the  same,  were  authorized  and  instructed  to  communicate 


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to  you  on  their  behalf  their  sincere  tlianks  for  your  generous 
gift,  and  their  hearty  appreciation  of  your  continued  liberality 
to  the  institutions  under  their  care. 

While  God  is  lengtliening  out  your  days,  and  has  blessed 
your  business  industry  and  sagacity  with  more  than  ordinary 
success,  the ^ Trustees  would  gratefully  mention  the  appre- 
ciation you  have  shown  for  the  cause  of  Christian  learning, 
as  witnessed  in  your  gifts  to  tlie  Theological  Seminary,  and 
the  Piiillips  Academy,  for  whose  great  opportunity  your  heart 
has  devised  and  your  hand  executed  liberal  things ;  and  they 
would  pray  that  your  own  heart  may  be  enriched  by  your 
munificence  to  others  with  the  blessedness  of  him  that  gives. 
Your  last  gift  of  ten  thousand  dollars,  which,  together  with 
the  gift  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  from  your  honored  brotlier, 
the  late  Peter  Smith,  and  ten  thousand  dollars  from  your 
nephew,  John  Byers  of  New  York,  constitutes  the  "  Peter 
Smith  Byers  Fund"  in  Phillips  Academy,  was  specially  grate- 
ful to  us  as  it  was  the  means  of  securing  other  gifts  for  these 
beloved  institutions,  and  it  enables  us  to  give  to  the  Academy 
additional  influence  and  usefulness  in  the  great  work  to 
which  it  is  piously  dedicated,  and  which  continually  enlarges 
before  us. 

We  cannot  doubt  that  it  will  be  a  permanent  satisfaction 
to  you  to  have  united  with  your  kinsmen  in  raising  this 
noble  memorial  to  the  memory  of  your  sister's  child.  He 
died  in  the  morning  of  his  promising  manhood,  but  he  lives 
in  the  memory  of  his  pujjils,  and  will  live  long  as  human 
institutions  in  this  memorial  endowment.  It  will  perpetuate 
his  influence,  and  yours,  and  bless  successive  generations. 

The  school  in  which  your  sons,  the  lamented  John  Middle- 
ton  Smith  and  our  esteemed  Joseph  W.  Smith,  were  edu- 
cated, and  many  more  of  your  relatives  in  various  degree, 
feels  the  touch  of  your  liberal  hand,  and  enters  on  a  new 
career. 

The  Trustees  desire  to  express  through  us  their  sincere 
respect  and  esteem,  their  gratitude  for  your  timely  aid,  and 
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their  united  prayer  for  divine  blessings  upon  you  and  your 
household. 

On  their  behalf  permit  us  to  remain,  dear  sir, 

Yours  most  respectfully  and  truly, 
(Signed)  Alpheus  Haedy,  President. 

C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 

Academy  Records,  pages  23  and  24. 


LETTER    TO   JOHN    BYERS,   Esq. 

The  following  letter  was  also  sent,  in  accordance  with  the 
vote  of  the  Trustees,  to  John  Byers,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  in 
acknowledgment  of  a  gift  of  ten  thousand  dollars  for  the 
"  Peter  Smith  Byers  Fund." 

Andover,  Mass.,  Feb.  2,  1881. 

John  Byers,  Esq.,  62  Leonard  St.,  New  York. 
Dear  Sir : 

By  a  vote  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  we  are 
authorized  and  instructed  to  express  on  their  behalf  their 
high  appreciation  of  your  generous  gift  of  ten  thousand  dol- 
lars, wliich,  with  the  gifts  of  your  honored  kinsmen,  John 
Smith  and  the  late  Peter  Smith,  constitutes  the  "  Peter 
Smith  Byers  Fund"  in  Phillips  Academy,  —  a  noble  memo- 
rial to  your  brother,  whose  name  the  foundation  bears,  and 
whose  character,  scholarship,  and  worth  it  so  appropriately 
commemorates  in  tlie  school  where  he  studied,  and  in  which 
he  subsequently  taught  with  eminent  success. 

The  Trustees  desire  to  recognize  in  your  repeated  bene- 
factions toPhillips  Academy, in  I860, 1870, 1878, 1879, 1880,' 
the  ioyalty  of  an  alumnus,  and  the  generosity  of  a  friend. 
They  feel  specially  grateful  to  you  for  your  influence  with 
otliers  in  securing  to  the  xicademy,  as  a  seat  of  Christian 
learning,  the  funds  and  appliances  necessary  to  give  it  com- 
manding dignity  and  increasing  usefulness.  One  of  our  wisest 
educators  has  said,  that  classical  schools  in  this  country  have 


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been  dependent  on  the  enlightened  liberality  of  a  few  noble 
and  generous  benefactors. 

In  expressing  their  thanks,  the  Trustees  would  express  the 
hope  that  you  may  long  live  to  see  the  abundant  fruit  of  your 
generosity,  and  long  enjoy  the  rational  satisfaction  of  having 
thus  placed  yourself  in  the  honorable  company  of  men  who 
make  tiieir  contemporaries  their  debtors,  and  posterity  their 
heirs. 

Nor  can.  we  forbear  to  mention  tliat  this  joint  foundation, 
prompted  by  family  affection  and  dutiful  remembrance  of  a 
pure  and  gified  spirit  which  was  early  called  to  a  more  con- 
genial sphere,  will  also  be  associated  in  our  minds  with  the 
precious  memory  of  him  whose  name  your  brother  bore,  who 
was  so  interested  in  the  establishment  of  this  memorial  fund, 
and  who  was  so  soon  after  its  completion  called  to  join  your 
brother  in  heaven. 

Accept,  dear  sir,  the  sincere  thanks  of  the  Trustees,  and 
the  expression  of  their  personal  regard  and  esteem,  while  we 
remain  in  their  behalf, 

Very  respectfully  and  truly  yours, 
(Signed)  Alpheus  Hardy,  President. 

C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 

Academy  Records,  pages  24  and  25. 


1881— June  20. 

BEQUEST  OF  DR.  EBENEZER  ALDEN,  RANDOLPH,  MASS. 

Boston,  June  18,  1881. 

Edward  Taylor,  Esq. ,  Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover. 
Dear  Sir  : 
Enclosed  please  find  a  check  for  five  thousand  dollars 
(15000),  a  bequest  from  the  estate  of  the  late  Ebenezer 
Alden,  M.D.,  of  Randolph,  Mass.,  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  "  to  be  permanently  invested,  the  income 
to  be  annually  expended  at  the  discretion  of  the  Trustees  for 


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salaries  of  teachers,  or  other  expenses  for  educational  pur- 
poses in  the  Academy,  not  for  repairs  of  buildings,  or  new- 
buildings.  The  privilege  is  reserved  to  tlie  children  of  the 
donor,  to  designate  any  person  who  may  receive  tuition  at 
the  Academy  "  —  the  investment  to  be  called  "  The  Alden 
Memorial  Fund." 

Most  respectfully, 

E.  K.  Alden,  Executor. 

Voted,  That  the  President  and  Clerk  write  a  letter  to  the 
Executor,  acknowledging  the  bequest,  and  expressing  the 
appreciation  of  the  Trustees  of  the  liberal  gift  of  our  late 
associate,  and  the  kind  offices  of  the  Executor  and  family. 

Andover,  Mass.,  July  15,  1881. 

Rev.  E.  K.  Alden,  D.D.,  Executor. 
Dear  Sir : 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy 
for  the  transaction  of  Academy  business,  held  at  Andover  on 
the  20th  ult.,  the  Treasurer  announced  the  receipt  of  a  legacy 
of  the  late  Ebenezer  Alden,  M.D.,  of  Randolph,  of  five  thou- 
sand dollars  (-15,000),  and  the  President  and  Clerk  of  the 
Trustees  were  instructed  to  make  suitable  acknowledgment 
to  the  Executor.  The  Trustees  gratefully  accept  the  gift  for 
tlie  benefit  of  the  Academy,  on  tlie  terras  and  for  tlie  pur- 
poses set  forth  in  your  communication,  the  same  being 
acceptable  to  the  Trustees,  and  entered  upon  tlieir  records. 

It  would  be  impossible  for  us  to  set  forth  so  well  as  his 
own  son  could  do  the  various  and  important  services  the  late 
Dr.  Alden  rendered  as  Trustee  to  the  Andover  Institutions, 
extending  over  the  period  from  1837  to  1881,  and  requiring 
the  expenditure  of  much  time  and  strength,  the  constant  ex- 
ercise of  the  best  business  sagacity  and  prudence,  an  un- 
selfish disregard  of  personal  convenience  and  private  affairs, 
and  the  activity  of  all  high  moral  and  Christian  virtues.  In 
the  discussion  of  men  and  measures,  in  devising  ways  and 
means,  in  harmonizing  complicated  interests,  and  in  shaping 


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the  multifarious  affairs  of  the  institutions,  —  two  and  for  a 
time  three  in  number, —  to  unity,  security,  prosperity,  and 
usefuhiess,  he  was  unwearied  in  effort,  prayerful  in  spirit, 
urbane  in  temper,  prompt,  vigorous,  vigilant,  and  successful. 

You  have  known  that  in  recognition  of  such  long  and  con- 
scientious service,  the  Trustees  have  not  been  willing  for- 
mally to  terminate  your  father's  connection  with  the  Board, 
though  urged  thereto  by  both  fatlier  and  son,  desiring  rather 
that  his  name  should  still  stand  with  theirs,  even  though  the 
advance  of  years  prevented  his  attendance  on  their  meetings 
and  an  active  participation  in  the  affairs  of  the  corporation. 
We  have  known  of  his  continued  lively  interest  in  our  behalf 
by  frequent  messages  from  his  retirement,  and  his  repeated 
gifts  have  been  generous  and  timely. 

We  hardly  need  assure  you  that  we  shall  esteem  it  our 
bounden  duty  to  use  the  income  of  this  last  gift  for  enlarging 
and  improving  the  work  done  by  Phillips  Academy* for  Christ 
and  his  church,  in  a  way  which  we  could  confidently  submit 
to  him  for  liis  approval.  We  are  happy  also  to  acknowledge 
our  indebtedness  to  you  for  the  prompt  payment  of  tiie  legacy, 
and  for  the  direction  you  have  given  it  under  the  discretionary 
power  reposed  in  you.  Wishing  you  personally,  complete 
restoration  to  vigorous  health,  with  great  respect  and  esteem, 
we  remain,  dear  sir,  in  behalf  of  the  Trustees, 
Very  truly  yours, 
(Signed)  Alpheus  Hardy,  President. 

C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 

Academy  Records,  pages  26  and  27. 


1881— June  27. 

CAMPUS   FUND   DONATION. 

The  Board  being  informed  that  the  Senior  Class  of  1881 
in  Phillips  Academy  have  subscribed  as  a  fund  for  improving 
the  "  Campus"  five  hundred  and  forty-five  dollars  ($515),  to 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  Trustees, 


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Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  given  to  the  classes, 
and  that  one  hundred  dollars  be  added  by  the  Trustees  to  the 
fund. 

Academy  Records,  page  28  —  Ledger,  page  265. 
[Note.  —  By  additions  of  donations  and  income  the  fund  July  1,  1885, 
amounts  to  $844.60]. 


1882  — March  14. 

STONE   EDUCATIONAL   FUND. 

Rev.  Dr.  Willcox,  by  virtue  of  authority  vested  in  him  by 
Mrs.  Valeria  G.  Stone  of  Maiden,  tendered  to  tlie  Trustees, 
through  Mr.  Hardy  and  himself,  acting  in  her  behalf,  tlie 
sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for  the  use  of  tlie  Acad- 
emy, upon  certain  terms  and  witii  certain  conditions  or 
reservations.  It  was  voted  that  the  Trustees  accept  said 
gift,  and  tliat  the  Treasurer  be  directed  in  the  name  and  on 
behalf  of  the  Trustees,  to  enter  into  such  contract  with  tlie 
Trustees  of  Mrs.  Stone  in  relation  to  the  same,  as  shall  be 
deemed  expedient  by  Mr.  Russell,  and  that  a  vote  of  thanks 
be  sent  to  Mrs.  Stone,  signed  by  the  President  and  Clerk. 

March  22,  1882.  Mr.  Russell  reported  that  the  necessary 
papers  had  passed  between  the  Trustees  and  the  Trustees  of 
Mrs.  Valeria  G.  Stone  of  a  donation  to  the  Trustees  of  Phil- 
lips Academy,  for  the  Academy  ;  and  the  Treasurer  reported 
the  receipt  in  full  of  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars, 
constituting  the  "  Stone  Educational  Fund,"  and  the  deed  of 
gift  was  accepted  and  adopted  and  ordered  on  the  records. 

This  Indenture  made  this  eighteenth  day  of  March,  A.D. 
1882,  by  and  between  William  H.  Willcox  and  Alpheus 
Hardy,  as  they  are  Trustees  under  certain  Indentures  (made 
by  and  between  Valeria  G.  Stone  of  the  first  part,  and  said 
Willcox  and  Hardy  Trustees  of  the  second  part,  bearing  date 
December  3,  1880,  and  March  9,  1882)  of  the  first  part,  and 
the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  a  corporation  duly  estab- 


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lished  by  law  of  the  second  part,  witnessetli,  that  whereas 
said  Willcox  and  Hardy  Trustees  as  aforesaid,  hold  certain 
property  under  said  indentures,  and  upon  the  trust  thereof, 
among  which  is  the  payment  over  and  distribution  of  said 
property  to  any  such  benevolent,  educational,  or  charitable 
institutions,  causes,  or  objects,  and  in  such  amounts  as  said 
William  H.  Willcox  may  in  his  discretion  direct ;  and  whereas 
said  William  H.  Willcox  has  directed,  and  does  hereby  direct, 
said  Trustees  to  pay  over  the  amount  of  twenty-five  thousa,nd 
dollars  (-f 25,000)  in  value  of  said  property,  so  held  in  trust 
under  said  indentures,  to  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, party  of  the  second  part,  to  be  forever  had  and  held  by 
said  Corporation  upon  the  educational  uses,  purposes,  and 
trusts  thereof,  but  upon  the  terms  and  agreement  herein-after 
set  forth,  and  the  said  party  of  the  second  part  hath  cove- 
nanted and  agreed,  and  does  hereby  covenant  and  agree,  to 
accept  and  hold  the  same  upon  said  terms  and  agreement 
uses,  purposes,  and  trusts. 

Now  know  all  men  by  these  presents,  that  we  the  said 
William  H.  Willcox  and  Alpheus  Hardy  in  pursuance  and 
part  execution  of  the  said  trusts,  and  of  all  other  powers  and 
authority  as  thereto  enabling,  have  granted,  bargained,  and 
sold,  and  by  these  presents  do  grant,  bargain,  sell,  and  convey, 
to  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the  following 
described  property,  being  now  of  the  full  market  value  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  to  wit : 

Five  one  thousand  dollar  bonds,  Omaha  and  South  Western 

Railroad  8  percent,  1896,  Nos.  743, 744,  745, 746, 747. 
Five  one  thousand  dollar  bonds,  Nebraska  Railway  7  per  cent, 

1896,  Nos.  1531,  1532,  1533,  1534,  1535. 
Five  one  thousand  dollar  bonds,  Ohio  and  West  Virginia 

Railroad  7  percent,  1910,  Nos.  1297,  1298,  1299,  1300, 

1301. 
Five  one  thousand  dollar  bonds,  Atchison,  Topcka,  and 

Santa  Fe  Railroad,  first  mortgage,  7  per  cent,  1899,  Nos. 

906,  907,  908,  909,  910. 


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Two  one  thousand  dollar  bonds,  Cincinnati,  Sandusky,  and 
Cleveland  Railroad  7  per  cent,  1890,  Nos.  98,  99. 

To  be  had  and  held  by  the  said  Corporation,  its  successors 
and  assigns,  upon  the  following  uses,  purposes,  and  trusts, 
and  upon  the  following  named  terms  and  conditions : 

A.  The  said  Corporation  shall  forever  keep  the  principal 
of  said  fund  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  as  a  separate 
fund,  to  be  known  as  the  Stone  Educational  Fund,  and  shall 
invest  and  re-invest  the  same  from  time  to  time  as  they  deem 
expedient. 

B.  The  said  Corporation  shall  pay  or  cause  to  be  paid  over 
to  said  Valeria  G.  Stone,  during  the  period  of  her  natural 
life,  all  the  net  income  of  said  property  as  soon  after  received 
as  shall  be  practicable. 

C.  Prom  and  after  tlie  decease  of  said  Valeria  G.  Stone 
all  the  net  income  of  said  fund  shall  be  forever  used  and 
appropriated  to  aid  the  students  in  the  iVcademy  department 
of  said  Phillips  Academy,  in  such  manner  and  under  such 
restrictions  and  limitations  as  said  William  H.  Willcox  shall 
from  time  to  time,  and  at  any  time  during  his  life,  appoint 
and  determine,  with  the  right  on  his  part  at  any  time  dur- 
ing his  life  to  alter,  amend,  or  change  such  appointments 
and  determinations. 

In  the  case  that  said  Willcox  shall  make  no  other  or  further 
appointment  or  determination  tlian  is  herein  made,  then  the 
said  net  income,  from  and  after  the  decease  of  the  said  Valeria 
G.  Stone,  shall  be  forever  used  by  the  Trustees- in  accordance 
with  the  recommendations  of  the  Principal  for' the  time  being 
of  said  Academy,  in  aiding  students  in  said  Academy  depart- 
ment ;  provided,  however,  that  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  shall  have  the  power  at  any  time,  if  they  deem  it 
wise  so  to  do,  to  make  otiier  distributions  than  such  Principal . 
shall  recommend ;  and  provided  fnrther,  that  in  case  there 
sliall  not  be  in  said  Academy  department,  at  any  time  or 
times,  such  students  as  make  it  wise  in  the  judgment  of  the 
said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  to  use  the  whole  of  said 


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income  for  said  purposes,  then  they  may,  for  the  time  being, 
and  so  from  time  to  time  as  such  contingency  or  contin- 
gencies may  happen,  add  the  income,  or  any  part  thereof,  to 
the  principal,  or  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  may  use 
such  income,  or  any  remaining  part  thereof,  in  any  other  way 
for  furthering  the  interests  of  the  Academy,  if  they  deem  it 
wise  so  to  do. 

In  case  at  any  time  the  principal  of  said  Fund  shall  be 
impaired,  then  the  income  shall  be  added  to  the  principal  till 
the  principal  fund  amounts  to  the  full  market  value  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

And  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  party  of  the 
second  part,  hereby  acknowledges  the  receipt  from  said  Wil- 
liam H.  Willcox  and  Alpheus  Hardy,  Trustees  as  aforesaid, 
parties  of  the  first  part,  of  the  bonds  as  aforesaid,  the  same 
being  now  of  the  full  market  value  of  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  ;  and  have  covenanted  and  agreed,  and  hereby  cove- 
nant and  agree,  for  itself  and  its  successors  and  assigns,  to 
hold,  keep,  and  manage  tlie  said  fund  forever  upon  the  terms 
and  agreements  and  upon  the  uses  and  trusts  hereinbefore 
named  or  referred  to. 

In  testimony  whereof,  the  said  William  H.  Willcox  and 
Alpheus  Hardy,  Trustees,  have  hereunto  set  their  hands  and 
seals,  and  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  has  caused 
its  corporate  seal  to  be  affixed,  and  its  name  subscribed  by 
Edward  Taylor,  its  Treasurer,  thereto  duly  authorized,  the 
day  and  year  first  above  mentioned. 

(Signed)  Wm.  H.  Willcox. 

Alpheus  Hardy. 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 

By  Edward  Taylor, 

In  presence  of  Ircasurer. 

Edward  P.  Bond. 
W.  A.  Snow. 
Edward  P.  Bond. 

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Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass., 
May  17,  1882. 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Willcox,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Maiden,  Mass. 
Dear  Sir  : 

The  undersigned  have  been  autliorized  and  instructed 
by  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  to  acknowledge  in  tlieir 
behalf  your  i-ecent  generosity  in  giving  to  the  Academy, 
under  your  power  as  a  Trustee  for  Mrs.  Valeria  G.  Stone, 
the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars,  to  constitute  a  fund, 
tlie  income  of  wliich  shall  be  used  for  the  pecuniary  assistance 
of  needy  and  worthy  pupils  in  the  Academy,  or  in  certain 
contingencies  for  other  educational  purposes. 

The  Trustees  have  accepted  this  gift,  and  entered  upon 
their  records  the  instrument  by  which  the  Trustees  of  Mrs. 
Stone  convey  the  same,  and  in  which  you  set  forth  the  terms 
and  conditions  on  which  it  is  to  be  held  and  administered. 
This  gift  is  the  more  gratifying  as  coming  from  one  of  our 
own  number,  who  has  had  opportunity  to  observe  officially 
the  work  of  the  Academy,  and  its  needs  and  opportunities  ; 
from  one  ako  who  has  had  a  more  intimate  and  personal 
acquaintance  with  the  school  through  a  member  of  his  own 
family,  for  two  years  placed  under  its  immediate  influence. 
The  Trustees  have  learned  the  value  of  such  charities,  for 
upon  them  the  school  was  founded,  and  by  means  of  such 
foundations  poverty  ceases  to  be  a  bar  to  education,  and 
becomes  a  new  motive  to  industry,  integrity,  and  high 
attainment.  The  Trustees  desire  to  express  their  high  appre- 
ciation of  this  new  gift,  and  to  return  to  you  their  thanks, 
and  through  you  to  Mrs.  Stone  and  her  Trustees  tliat  acknowl- 
edgment which  this  addition  to  the  resources  of  the  Academy 
calls  forth,  while  pledging  themselves  anew  to  a  faithful  dis- 
charge of  the  trusts  reposed  in  them. 
For  the  Triistees, 

Yours  very  truly, 
(Signed)  Alpheus  Hardy,  President. 

C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 

Academy  Records,  pages  30-33. 


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1882  — March  22. 
GERARD   SUMNER  WIGGIN   SCHOLARSHIP. 

The  Treasurer  reported  the  receipt  of  a  thousand  dollars 
from  the  Executors  of  Lady  Elizabeth  Sumner  Buckley- 
Mathew  Fleming,  to  establish  in  Phillips  Academy  the 
"  Gerard  Sumner  Wiggin  Scholarship." 

The  Trustees  voted  to  accept  the  gift,  to  return  the  thanks 
of  the  Board  to  the  Executors,  and  to  enter  upon  the  Records 
the  deed  of  gift  as  follows  : 

March  22,  1882.  Received  from  Frederick  H.  Wiggin, 
M.D.,  and  Herbert  Kettell,  Esq.,  Executors  of  Elizabeth 
Sumner  Buckley-Mathew  Fleming  one  thousand  dollars,  be- 
ing in  full  for  the  bequest  in  her  will,  which  is  as  follows  : 

"  I  appoint,  give,  and  bequeath  one  thousand  dollars  to 
Andover  Institute  in  Massachusetts,  in  the  said  United 
States,  where  my  son  Gerard  Sumner  Wiggin,  deceased, 
attended  school,  for  a  scholarship  in  his  name." 
The  same  being  received  by  me  as  Treasurer  for  the  Trus- 
tees of  Phillips  Academy,  being  the  Institute   at  Andover 
in  Massachusetts,   in  which   said    Gerard    Sumner   Wiggin 
attended  school,  and  the  one  referred  to  in  said  will  and  be- 
quest;  and  the  said  Trustees  of  Phillips   Academy  .being 
incorporated  by   the   State  of  Massachusetts,  the  said  one 
thousand  dollars  being  received  by  me  for  and  to  be  applied 
in  the  manner  declared  in  the  said  will. 

(Signed)  Trustees  of  Phillips  Aca'demy, 

By  Edward  Taylor,  Treasurer. 

Acaflemy  Racords,  page  33. 


1885— January  28. 
DR.  S.  H.  TAYLOR'S  BUST. 

The  Clerk  stated  that  Miss  Emma  L.  Taylor  had  given  one 
thousand  dollars  in  two  separate  payments^  requesting  that  a 
memorial  of  her  brother,  the  late  Dr.  Samuel  H.  Taylor,  be 


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purchased  therewitli  for  Phillips  Academy,  and  that  Professors 
Park  and  Churchill,  and  Mr.  Bancroft  procure  such  memorial 
on  her  behalf. 

Accordingly  Mr.  Launt  Thompson,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Committee,  liad  executed  in  marble  a  bust  of  Dr.  Taylor, 
and  the  same  has  been  deposited  in  the  Taylor  Memorial 
Library  ;  whereupon,  it  was 

Voted.  That  the  Clerk  acknowledge  in  suitable  terms  the 
gift  of  Miss  Emma  L.  Taylor  to  Phillips  Academy,  and  con- 
vey the  thanks  of  the  Board  for  the  same. 

(See  page  263.)  Academy  Kecords,  page  41. 

[Note.  —  At  the  graduating  exercises  of  Phillips  Academy,  June  23, 
1885,  the  Bust  was  unveiled  by  Prof.  Churchill,  who  made  the  presentation 
address  in  Miss  Taylor's  behalf,  Prof.  Bancroft  receiving  the  gift  in  behalf 
of  the  Academy.] 


ACCUMULATING  FUND. 

LIEUT.-GOV.  S.  PHILLIPS  CHARITABLE  DONATION. 

Present  amount,  $11,099.32. 

Phillips  Academy  Records,  Deeds,  and  Donations.     See 
pages  47  and  49  for  original  donations. 


MEMORANDUM. 


The  debt  upon  the  Academy  building,  carried  for  twenty 
years,  was  happily  cancelled  at  closing  of  accounts,  April 


30,  1885. 


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THEOLOGICAL   SEMINARY. 


1862,  et  seq. 


UNION    SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

(For  previous  donations,  see  pp.  203-205.) 

1862,  Aug.  9.     Enfield  Scholarship. 

Donations  of  Edward  Smith,  Esq.,  and  others, 
of  Enfield,  to  complete  the  scholarship  (see 
page  205),  '  |200 

1862,  Sept.  17.     Worcester  Union  Scholarship. 

Donation  bj  Ichabod  Washburn,  Esq.,  of 
Worcester,  to  complete  the  scholarship 
(see  page  205),  500 

1862,  Nov.  19.     Pomeroy  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  Mrs.  Martha  Pomeroy,  of  Warren, 
i|760  (see  page  205).  Scholarship  comple- 
ted by  adding  income,  $240,  1,000 

1863,  April  17.     Arnold  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  William  H.  Arnold,  Esq.,  of  West 

Brookfield,  1,000 

1866,  April  24.     Marsh  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  Mrs.  Lucy  Marsh,  of  Quincy. 

Extract  from  the  Will.  —  "  Item.  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  the  Tinistees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Mass.,  the  sum  of  one  thousand  dol- 


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lars,  for  the  purpose  of  founding  a  schol- 
arship in  the  Tlieological  Seminary  under 
their  care,  to  be  called  the  "  Marsh  Schol- 
arsliip,"  the  income  of  this  endowment 
only  to  be  expended  for  the  support  of  a 
pious  young  man  preparing  for  the  ministry 
in  said  Seminary,  from  year  to  year." 

Seminary  Records,  page  269. 

Received  in  cash  $950 ;  the  deduction  of  $50 

for  U.  S.  tax  was  made  up  from  the  income,    $1,000 

1866,  Sept.  26.     Parks  Scholarship. 

Donation    from    Frederick    Parks,    Esq.,    of 

Springfield,  Vt.,  to  found  a  scholarship,  1,000 

1866,  Sept.  26.     Woolson  Scholarship. 

Donation    from   Amasa    Woolson,    Esq.,    of 

Springfield,  Vt.,  to  found  a  scholarship,  1,000 

1866,  Nov.  7.     Tuttle  Scholarship. 

Donation  by  Miss  Sarah  Tuttle,  of  Wayland, 

to  found  a  scholarship,  1,000 

1867,  April  11.     Ellis  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  Dea.  Baxter  Ellis,  of  West  Brook- 
field,  for  scholarship,  $500,  less  U.  S. 
tax,  $30,  $470 

Increased  by  income  to  full  scholarship,    530      1,000 

1868,  Sept.  16.     Cliarles  E.  Lane  Scholarship. 
Donation  by  Charles  Lane,  Esq.,  of  Stratham, 

N.H.,  "  in  memoriam  "  of  his  son,  Charles 
E.  Lane,  a  graduate  of  1868,  500 

This  Donation  has  been  united  with  the  Mer- 
riam  Donation  and  its  income,  making  a 
full  scholarship. 


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1871,  June  26.     Lawrence  Scholarship. 

The  Treasurer  stated  that  a  scholarship  had 
been  presented  to  the  Board,  in  trust,  from 
the  estate  of  Dea.  Aaron  Lawrence,  of  Am- 
herst, N.H,,  by  recommendation  of  Rev.  J. 
G.  Davis,  D.D.,  one  ot  the  Executors  of  his 
will,  11,000 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  pre- 
sented to  the  family  of  the  donor,  and  to 
Dr.  Davis  in  our  usual  form. 

Seminary  Records,  page  349. 

1871,  June  26.     Third  Fay  Scholarship. 

The  Treasurer  also  stated  that  a  third  schol- 
arship had  been  presented  from  the  Estate 
of  the  late  Warren  Fay,  D.D.,  in  accord- 
ance witli  the  following  extract  from  his 
will :  "  I  give  and  bequeath,  at  the  decease 
of  Betsey  M.  Fay,  one  thousand  dollars  to 
the  Trustees  of  the  Theological  Seminary 
in  Andover,  Mass.,  to  establisii  another  per- 
manent '  Fay  Scliolarship '  for  all  coming 
time,"  1,000 

Seminary  Records,  page  349. 

1871,  June  26.     Faith  Scholarship. 

Also  that  a  scholarship  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars had  been  presented  by  the  hand  of  the 
Executor  of  Dr.  Fay's  Estate,  from  an  un- 
known donor,  to  be  called  the  "  Faith 
Scholarship,"  1,000 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  pre- 
sented to  the  Executor  of  the  Estate,  in  the 
usual  form,  for  both  these  scholarships. 

Seminary  Records,  page  349. 


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1874,  June  30.  Legacy  of  Miss  Caroline  New- 
man, of  Boston. 
H.  W.  Pickering,  Esq.,  Executor,  reported 
legacy  of  Miss  Caroline  Newman,  of  Bos- 
ton, viz.  — "  I  give  to  the  Andover  Insti- 
tution, to  assist  poor  young  men  to  get 
through  their  studies  in  that  place." 
Amount  received,  $814.75 

Voted,  That  the  letter  of  H.  W.  Pickering, 
Esq.,  Executor,  be  placed  on  file,  the  ex- 
tract from  Miss  Newman's  will  be  placed 
upon  the  Records,  and  the  amount  of 
the  bequest  be  passed  to  the  Scholarship 
Fund  Account. 

Seminary  Records,  page  374. 

1874,  May  14.     1878,  Nov.  12. 

Lawrence  Street  Churcli,  in  Lawrence,  by 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Fisher,  1331.35  and  179.21,  410.56 

1878,  June  18.     Jessup  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  Dea.  Charles  A.  Jessup,  of  West- 
field,  Mass.  Item  Twelfth,  "  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  Executors  the  sum  of 
fifteen  hundred  dollars,  in  trust,  to  pay 
the  same  to  tlie  person  who,  when  the 
same  shall  be  payable,  shall  act  as  Treas- . 
urer  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  estab- 
lished in  Andover,  Mass.,  to  be  held  by 
said  Seminary  in  trust,  and  the  use  and 
income  thereof  to  be  applied,  under  the 
direction  of  said  Seminary,  to  the  sole 
purpose  of  establishing  a  scholarship  in 
said  Seminary,  under  the  rules  of  said 
Seminary."  Paid  1877,  July  13,  and 
1879,  Jan.  15,  1,500.00 

Seminary  Records,  page  408. 


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1878,  Oct.  9.     Kellogg  Scholarship. 

Legacy  of  Misses  Mary  and  Nancy  Kellogg, 
of  Great  Barrington  ;  viz.  "  To  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  Andover,  Mass.,  to 
found  a  scholarship  for  the  education  of 
students  for  the  ministry,  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars."     Paid  1878,  Aug.  15,         |1,500.00 

Seminary  Records,  page  414. 

Interest  added,  Oct.  1863,  April  1864,  and 

Jan.  1874,  93.56 

115,518.87 
Amount  as  per  page  205,  8,930.00 

Present  amount  of  Union  Scholarship  Fund,  $24,448.87 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  253. 


1862,  et  seq. 
STUDENTS'   SUPPORT. 

Donations  for  students  in  the  Special  Course,  and 
sundry  other  aid  to  students,  beside  the 
annual  grant  (see  page  197),  $10,945.22 


1863. 

BLANCHARD   SCHOLARSHIP. 

Lowell,  Mass.,  Jan.  26,  1863. 

Rev.  John  L.  Taylor,  Treasurer  of  Phillips  Academy,  An- 
dover, Mass. 
Dear  Sir : 
Pursuant  to  a  purpose  intimated  to  you  some  time  since, 
I  enclose  a  draft  on  bank  in  Boston  for  twelve  hundred  and 

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fifty  dollars,  as  a  donation  to  the  funds  of  the  Theological 
Seminary.  I  make  this  donation  for  the  pvirpose  of  founding 
a  scholarship,  to  be  called,  in  memory  of  my  late  lionored 
father  "  The  Deacon  Blanchard  Scholarship."  My  desire  is 
that  this  sum  should  be  securely  invested,  and  that  the  pro- 
ceeds should  be  appropriated  to  the  support,  of  some  worthy, 
promising,  and  indigent  student  in  the  Seminary  to  be  des- 
ignated by  myself,  or  by  my  wife  if  she  should  survive  me, 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  March  in  each  year.  If  no  one 
is  designated,  my  desire  is  that  the  beneficiary  should  be 
selected  by  the  Faculty  and  the  Committee  of  Exigencies, 
due  regard  being  had  to  reasonable  prospects  of  his  useful- 
ness in  the  Cliristian  ministry.  In  the  event  of  the  loss  of 
any  part  of  the  principal  of  this  endowment,  my  wish  is  that 
the  income  may  be  reserved  and  added  to  the  principal  until 
the  loss  shall  be  made  good.  I  further  desire  that  the 
income  of  this  foundation  should  be  applied  under  the  rules 
and  restrictions  of  the  Hitchcock  Scholarship  Fund,  in  the 
deed  of  donation  of  said  fund,  Dec.  22,  1860,  and  printed 
on  the  twenty-eighth  page  of  the  Supplement  to  the  Report 
of  Committee  on  Deeds  of  Gifts  and  Donations. 

Commending  to  the  divine  blessing  the  Seminary  and  tliis 
humble  contribution  towards  extending  and  perpetuating  its 
usefulness, 

I  remain,  dear  sir. 

Most  respectfully  and  truly  yours, 

Amos  Blanchard. 

Present  amount  of  the  fund,  $1,623.56. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  298 — Journal,  page  191. 
Seminary  Records,  page  221. 


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1863. 

STUART   SCHOLARSHIP. 

Nine  hundred  dollars,  collected  from  various  sources  by 
Prof.  A.  Phelps,  to  found  a  scholarship,  to  be  called  the 
"  Stuart  Scholarship." 

Increased  by  interest  to  $1,642.50. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  313 — Journal,  page  201. 
Seminary  Records,  page  227. 


1864. 

CHAPEL   FUND. 


Donations  by  friends  for  New  Chapel,  $510 ;  increased  by 
interest  to  April  1877,  .|640.  $1,150 

Used  for  New  Chapel,  April  1877. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  305. 


1864. 

NEW   LIBRARY  BUH.DING. 

Donation    of  Messrs.  John   Smith,   John    Dove,  and  Peter 
Smith  for  a  New  Library  Building. 

A  legal  document  havhig  been  laid  before  the  Board  from 
Messrs.  John  Smith,  Peter  Smith,  and  John  Dove,  tendering 
to  the  Board  the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  for  the  pur- 
pose of  erecting  a  Library  Building  for  the  Theological 
Seminary. 

Voted,  That  the  Trustees  gratefully  accept  the  donation 
tendered  to  them  in  this  communication  upon  the  conditions 
named  by  the  generous  donors,  and  that  Messrs.  Jackson, 


284 

Hardy,  and  J.  L,  Taylor  be  a  Committee  to  prepare  a  suit- 
able acknowledgment  of  this  munificent  gift,  to  be  entered 
on  the  Records,  and  communicated  to  the  donors  with  the 
signature  of  the  Committee,  the  President,  and  Clerk  of  the 
Board. 

BOND  OF  MESSRS.  SMITHS  AND  DOVE. 

Know  all  men  by  these  Presents,  That  we,  John  Smith, 
John  Dove,  and  Peter  Smith,  all  of  Andover,  in  the  County 
of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  manufac- 
turers, are  holden  and  stand  firmly  bound  and  obliged  unto 
the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  a  corporation  duly  estab- 
lished by  law  of  said  Commonwealtli,  in  the  full  and  just 
sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars,  to  be  paid  unto  the  said  Trus- 
tees of  Phillips  Academy,  their  successors  or  assigns,  to 
which  payment,  well  and  truly  to  be  made,  we  bind  ourselves, 
our  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators,  firmly  by  these 
presents. 

Sealed  with  our  seals;  dated  the  twenty-second  day  of 
April  in  the  year  One  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-four. 

The  condition  of  tliis  obligation  is  such,  that  whereas  the 
above-bounden  John  Smith,  John  Dove,  and  Peter  Smith, 
being  members  of  the  church  of  Christ,  and  interested  in  tlie 
welfare  and  j)rosi)erity  of  the  Theological  Seminary  in  said 
Andover,  and  having  long  entertained  a  solicitude  for  the 
security  and  preservation  of  the  valuable  Library  connected 
therewith,  and  desiring  that  the  same  should  be  securely 
protected  against  loss  or  injury  by  fire  ;  to  the  end  that  a  com- 
modious edifice,  adapted  to  the  reception  and  ample  accommo- 
dation of  said  Library  shall  be  erected  and  completed  within 
the  period  herein-after  specified,  have  agreed,  and  do  hereby 
agree,  to  give  to  said  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the  sum 
of  ten  thousand  dollars  each,  amounting  in  the  aggregate  to 
the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars,  to  be  paid  to  said  Trus- 
tees of  Phillips  Academy,  their  successors  or  assigns,  for  the 


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puspose  of  erecting  a  Library  Building,  provided  the  con- 
ditions liereunder  stated  shall  be  complied  with ;  viz. 

1.  That  said  building  shall  be  erected  on  land  of  the  said 
Trustees,  at  the  southerly  end  of  the  building  known  as 
"  Bartlett  Hall,"  to  form  the  angle  of  a  square  with  said 
hall,  and  pointing  northwesterly.  The  size  and  architectural 
style  of  said  building  to  conform  mainly  to  plans  and  draw- 
ings of  the  same  prepared  by  Charles  A.  Cummings  of  Bos- 
ton, said  plans  being  marked  J.S.,  J.  D.,  and  P.  S.,  and  to  be 
referred  to  as  part  of  this  instrument. 

2.  That  said  Library  Building  shall  be  completed  and 
ready  for  occupancy,  and  the  Library  removed  thereto,  on  or 
before  the  first  day  of  June  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-six. 

3.  That  funds  to  an  amount  sufficient  for  the  erection  and 
completion  of  a  Seminary  Chapel,  shall  be  pledged  and 
secured,  or  paid  to  said  Trustees  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  December,  for  tlie  accommodation  of  said  Theological 
Seminary  and  of  Phillips  Academy. 

4.  That  the  said  Trustees  siiall  cause  to  be  erected,  com- 
pleted, and  furnished  said  Seminary  Chapel  of  commodious 
size,  in  modern  style,  with  all  conveniences  for  comfort  as 
a  place  of  worship  ;  the  same  to  be  erected  and  completed 
on  or  before  the  first  day  of  June  in  the  year  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-seven. 

5.  That  the  regular  settled  ministers  of  the  Town  of 
Andover  shall  have  free  access  to,  and  the  free  use  of,  said 
Library,  under  the  rules  and  regulations  of  said  Trustees. 

And  upon  the  fulfilment  of  the  conditions  above  stated, 
numbered  one,  two,  and  three,  they  the  said  John  Smith, 
John  Dove,  and  Peter  Smith  do,  for  themselves  and  their 
legal  representatives,  agree  to  pay  to  said  Trustees,  and  their 
successors  and  assigns,  the  aforesaid  sum  of  ten  thousand 
dollars  each,  in  six  equal  instalments  ;  each  instalment  of 
five  thousand  dollars  to  be  paid  at  such  time  as  and  when- 
ever the  amount  thereof  shall  have  been  expended  for  labor 
and  materials  in  the  progress  of  the  work  above  designed. 


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Now,  if  upon  the  fulfilment  of  said  conditions  as  stated, 
and  numbered  one,  two,  and  three,  the  said  John  Smith,  John 
Dove,  and  Peter  Smith,  or  their  legal  representatives,  shall 
well  and  truly  fulfil  and  perform  their  agreement  as  herein 
expressed,  then  the  afore-written  obligation  shall  be  null 
and  void,  otherwise  shall  be  and  abide  in  full  force  and 
virtue. 

It  is  the  desire  of  the  undersigned,  if  agreeable  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  that  said  Library  Building,  when  com- 
pleted, shall  receive  the  name  of  "■  Brechin  Hall,"  in  regard 
for  the  name  of  our  native  town,  Brechin,  in  Forfarshire, 
Scotland. 

John  Smith, 
John  Dove, 
Peter  Smith. 

Executed  in  presence  of 

Moses  Foster,  Jr. 

LETTER  OF  ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 

Messrs.  John  Smith,  Peter  Smith,  and  John  Dove,  of 
Andover,  constituting  the  manufacturing  firm  of  Smith, 
Dove,  and  Co.,  having  tendered  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  a  donation  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  fire-proof  building  to  accommodate  and  preserve  the 
Library  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  the  undersigned  were 
appointed  a  Committee  to  prepare  in  behalf  of  said  Trustees 
a  suitable  recognition  of  this  munificent  gift,  to  be  entered 
on  the  Records  and  communicated  to  the  donors. 

In  accepting  this  additional  trust,  the  Board,  first  of  all, 
would  acknowledge  the  continued  goodness  of  God  to  the 
Seminary.  It  is  He  who  gave  to  the  world  its  founders  and 
former  benefactors,  and  moved  them  to  make  such  liberal 
provision  for  its  usefulness.  And  in  this  further  provision 
we  gratefully  recognise  his  providence,  in  bringing  to  us 
from  a  distant  and  favored  land  these  new  benefactors ;  in 
leading  them  to  become  citizens  of  Andover,  where  they 
might  have  personal  knowledge  of  the  wants  and  claims  of 


287 

its  institutions  of  learning ;  in  here  giving  them  such  signal 
prosperity  in  their  business  that  they  have  been  able,  and 
such  a  spirit  of  intelligent  liberality  that  they  have  been 
inclined,  to  bestow  so  largely  of  their  gains  for  such  a  noble 
and  Christian  purpose. 

The  importance  of  the  gift  to  the  cause  of  sacred  learning 
is  not  easily  estimated.  It  is  for  the  accommodation,  and 
especially  for  the  preservation,  of  a  Library  rich  in  its  treas- 
ures of  Christian  scholarship  and  piety  ;  costly  and  valuable, 
it  is  believed,  beyond  any  of  its  class  in  our  country;  whose 
many  thoiisand  volumes,  accumulating  for  more  than  half  a 
century,  have  hitherto  been  exposed  to  destruction  by  fire  — 
a  loss  that  would  have  been  deplored  by  the  friends  of  an 
educated  ministry,  and  irreparable  for  a  generation.  It  is, 
therefore,  with  a  profound  appreciation  of  its  value  to  the 
Seminary  and  to  Christian  literature  that  the  Trustees  have 
received  the  pledge  of  this  timely  donation. 

It  is  also  pleasant  to  notice  and  record  the  spontaneous- 
ness,  the  cordial  and  Christian  manner  in  which  this  act  of 
munificence  was  performed.  It  was  a  self-moved  offering, 
originating  in  a  thoughtful  regard  of  the  donors  for  the 
known  wants  of  the  institution,  and  in  a  benevolent  desire 
to  use  a  portion  of  the  means  witii  which  God  has  so  highly 
blessed  them  for  the  permanent  advancement  of  his  truth 
and  kingdom.  Tliat  such  a  gift  should  be  an  unsolicited  ten- 
der, is  an  instance  of  liberality  worthy  of  our  grateful  notice. 
And  in  the  intercourse  held  to  arrange  conditions  of  the 
trust,  to  determine  the  plans,  structure,  and  location  of  the 
proposed  edifice,  there  was  manifested  a  frankness  and  gen- 
erosity worthy  of  Christian  brethren,  and  delightful  to  those 
representing  the  Trustees. 

The  conditions  of  the  donation,  evincing  no  wish  to  avoid 
the  obligation  of  the  pledge,  but  rather  a  desire  to  secure 
additional  and  important  benefits  to  the  Seminary,  were 
entirely  acceptable  ;  so  also  was  the  commemorative  name 
selected  for  the  contemplated  building.  By  assigning  to  it 
the  name  of  their  "  native  city,"  it  is  made  to  honor  a  place 


288 

which  has  already  been  largely  favored  by  their  liberality, 
and  henceforth  will  be  better  known,  and  suggest  pleasant 
associations  to  the  friends  of  learning  in  our  country.  It  is 
fitting  too,  that  in  connection  with  her  oldest  Theological 
Seminary,  intelligent  and  Christian  New  England  should 
have  such  a  memorial  of  intelligent  and  Christian  Scotland. 
The  edifice  to  be  erected  and  thus  designated  is  to  be  forever 
consecrated  to  that  system  of  sound  doctrine  and  scriptural 
piety  which  both  lands,  through  the  sanctified  intelligence 
and  enterprize  of  their  sons,  have  done  so  much  to  exemplify 
and  extend,  for  the  moral  improvement  and  eternal  salvation 
of  men. 

Samuel  C.  Jackson, 
Alpheus  Hardy, 
J.  L.  Taylor, 

Committee. 

By  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  on  their  behalf, 

William  J.  Hubbard, 

President  of  the  Board. 
S.  H.  Taylor,  Clerk. 

Seminary  Records,  page  235. 

Paid  in  six  instalments  of  $5,000  each  =  $30,000,  and 
expended  in  the  erection  of  Brechin  Hall  during  the  summer 
and  autumn  of  1865. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  318. 


1864— May  30. 

NEW   CHAPEL. 

Under  this  date  a  communication  was  received  from  a 
generous-hearted  donor,  who  wished  to  be  styled  a  "  silent 
donor,"  pledging  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand  dollars  for  the 
erection  of  a  New  Chapel  for  the  use  of  both  our  institutions, 
and  the  following  vote  was  passed. 


289 

Voted,  That  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  communicate  to 
Messrs.  Smiths  and  Dove  due  notice  "  that  funds  sufficient 
for  the  building  of  a  Chapel  "  are  already  pledged,  in  accord- 
ance with  one  of  the  conditions  of  their  gift  for  a  Library 
Hall ;  and  that  tlie  Board  propose  to  commence  the  erection 
of  the  two  buildings  simultaneously,  and  as  early  as  plans 
for  the  same  can  be  properly  matured. 

A  plan  was  procured  for  a  New  Chapel,  and  a  foundation 
laid  near  the  northeasterly  corner  of  the  Seminary  grounds ; 
when  by  reverses  in  business  matters,  said  donor  was  unable 
to  fulfil  his  pledge ;  very  deeply  to  his  regret. 

Work  was  begun  again  on  Chapel  in  1875,  and  completed  in 
1876  ;  for  account  see  page  328. 


1865. 

UNAPPROPRIATED   FUND. 

1865,  April  17.     Donation  by  Mrs.  Sarah  W.  Hale 

of  Newburyport,  $1,500 

1865,  April  17.     Donation  by  Miss  F.  R.  Bannister, 

of  Newburyport,  200 

1865,  Oct.  23.     Donation  by  Miss  F.  R.  Bannister, 

of  Newburyport,  300 

1866,  May  22.     Donation  by  Col.  Richard  Borden, 

Fall  River,  1,000 

$3,000 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  315. 
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1865. 

ABBE    SCHOLARSHIP. 

To  tlie  Reverend  and  Honorable   the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen : 

I  commit  to  you  herewith  in  sacred  trust  the  sum  of 
fifteen  hundred  dollars  as  a  special  fund  for  the  endowment 
of  a  scholarship  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  your 
care,  as  a  memorial  of  my  honored  father,  lately  deceased, 
Dr.  Alanson  Abbe,  of  Boston. 

My  desire  is,  that  the  entire  annual  income  from  this  fund 
be  applied,  from  year  to  year,  to  aid  some  member  of  said 
Seminary,  who  may  be  designated  by  me  during  my  lifetime, 
or  (in  case  I  shall  make  no  such  nomination  by  or  before  the 
first  day  of  March  in  any  year)  to  be  selected  by  the  Faculty 
of  the  Seminary  and  your  Committee  of  Exigencies  for  the 
same  year  from  among  the  more  promising  in  character, 
talents,  and  scholarship  who  may  be  in  need  of  such  aid. 

If,  however,  any  loss  of  the  principal  of  this  endowment 
should  occur,  I  wish  such  loss  to  be  first  made  up  from  the 
income,  before  appropriating  any  portion  thereof  to  the 
students.  And  if  in  any  year  no  student  shall  be  placed 
upon  this  foundation,  I  desire  to  liave  the  income  of  that 
year  added  to  the  principal  for  the  permanent  increase  of 
the  fund. 

With  high  respect, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

F.  R.  Abbe. 

Abington,  October  27,  1865. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  322  — Journal,  page  301. 
Seminary  Records,  page  262. 

Amount  of  fund,  '  $1,500. 


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1866. 

BOSTON  FUND. 

Feb.  2.     Donation  by  J.  M.  Homer,  Esq.,  $  250 

Amount  as  by  page  200,  28,170 

128,420 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  248  — Journal,  page  312 


1866. 

BRECHIN   HALL. 


Second  Donation  for  Brechin  Hall  by  Messrs.  John  Smith, 
John  Dove,  and  Peter  Smith. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen : 
Your  Treasurer,  Rev.  John  L.  Taylor,  having  at  our  request 
furnished  a  statement  of  the  expenditures  incurred  in  the 
erection  of  the  Library  Building  known  as  "  Brechin  Hall "  ; 
and  as  we  find,  upon  examination,  that  tliey  exceed  the 
amount  of  our  donation,  we  therefore  propose,  and  hereby 
offer  for  the  acceptance  of  your  Board,  another  donation  of 
thirty  thousand  dollars,  to  be  paid  as  follows : 

By  John  Smith  ten  tliousand  dollars,  $10,000 

By  John  Dove  ten  thousand  dollars,  10,000 

By  Peter  Smith  ten  thousand  dollars,  10,000 

$80,000 
upon  the  following  conditions  ;  viz. 

1.  Tiiat  all  outstanding  bills  and  expenses  incurred  in  the 
erection  and  furnishing  of  said  Library  Building  shall  be 
settled  and  paid. 

2.  That  after  the  payment  of  said  bills  and  expenses,  the 
balance  of  said  donation  remaining  shall  be  securely  invested 
and  put  at  interest  as  a  permanent  fund,  to  be  called  "  The 
Smith  and   Dove  Fund "  ;  and   when   tlie   same   shall  have 


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accumulated  to  the  amount  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars 
the  annual  income  thereof  shall  thereafter  be  appropriated 
to  the  maintenance  and  increase  of  the  Library  belonging  to 
said  Institution,  and  in  keeping  said  Library  Building  in 
good  repair. 

Should  you  accept  this  proposal  upon  the  foregoing  con- 
ditions, please  notify  either  of  the  undersigned,  and  said 
amount  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  shall  thereupon  be  paid  to 
your  Treasurer. 

We  remain,  very  respectfully. 

Your  obedient  servants, 

John  Smith, 
John  Dove, 
Peter  Smith. 
Andover,  July  24,  1866. 

Whereupon  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  Trustees  receive  and  accept  this  new  gift 
of  Messrs.  John  Smith,  John  Dove,  and  Peter  Smith  with 
deep  gratitude  and  sensibility  ;  and  will  carefully  guard  and 
apply  it  according  to  the  eminently  wise  and  satisfactory 
terms  in  which  it  is  presented. 

Voted,  That  the  President  and  Messrs.  Hardy  and  Jack- 
son be  a  Special  Committee  of  the  Board  to  communicate  an 
attested  copy  of  these  Votes,  signed  by  them,  to  the  donors, 
and  to  express  tlie  grateful  sense  we  feel  of  their  great 
liberality,  and  of  their  zeal  for  the  welfare  of  the  Seminary, 
which  will  be  a  rich  legacy  to  it  for  all  coming  time. 

Voted,  That  the  several  donors  be  respectfully  requested 
to  sit  for  their  portraits  by  such  artists  as  they  may  prefer, 
that  we  may  have  the  pleasure  of  placing  them  in  Brechin 
Hall,  with  the  portraits  of  otlier  and  earlier  benefactors  of 
the  Seminary. 

Voted,  Tbat  the  donors  and  their  families  be  cordially 
tendered  the  free  use  of  books  from  the  Library  under  its 
regulations,  and    the  fullest   access    to    repositories    in    the 


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Museum  and  Cabinet,  or  other  object  of  interest  that  may 
be  placed  in  any  portion  of  the  building. 

Seminary  Records,  jiages  269-271. 

Of  this  amount  paid  balance  of  construction  account,  $11,000 
And  the  balance  to  constitute  The  Smith  and  Dove 

Fund,  19,000 

$30,000 

Theo.  Ledger,  pages  318  and  326  —  Journal,  page  333. 

SMITH   AND   DOVE   LIBRARY   FUND. 

Balance  of  preceding  donations,  $19,000.00 

Donation  Jan.  5,  1872,  by  John  Smith,  Esq.,  979.34 

Income  of  same  to  April  30,  1873,  5,020.66 

$25,000.00 


1866. 

DRAPER   SCHOLARSHIP. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 

Circumstances  render  it  desirable  for  me  soon  to  relinquish 
the  occupancy  of  the  brick  building  known  as  the  Printing 
House. 

About  eleven  years  ago  the  Printing-office  was  in  the 
hands  of  assignees,  for  sale  in  behalf  of  the  creditors  of  its 
former  owner.  Among  the  assets  was  a  wooden  building, 
attached  to  the  Printing-house,  twenty-six  feet  by  thirty  feet, 
and  valued  at  $550  ;  a  well,  and  a  heavy  lead  pipe,  about 
two  hundred  and  seventy  feet  in  lengtli,  leading  to  the 
building,  at  $150.  Mr.  Taylor,  your  Treasurer,  informed 
me  that  the  former  occupants  of  the  Printing-house  built  tlie 
wooden  building  with  the  agreement  on  the  part  of  tlie 
former  Treasurer   or  Trustees  that  the  building  might  be 


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removed,  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  when  its  owners  no  longer 
wished  to  use  it  for  printing  purposes ;  and  he  said  that 
should  I  purchase  the  office  the  same  privilege  would  be 
accorded  to  me.  With  the  consent  of  your  Treasurer,  and 
with  the  same  provision  respecting  the  future  disposal  of  the 
same,  1  have  within  the  last  six  or  eight  years  made  con- 
siderable additions  to  the  original  wooden  building.  The 
additions  were  fourteen  feet  to  the  length,  two  stories  high, 
and  seventeen  feet  to  the  width,  one  story  high,  so  that 
the  building  is  now  forty-four  feet  long  and  forty-three  wide 
on  the  lower  floor,  and  forty-four  feet  by  twenty-six  above. 
The  expense  of  these  additions  has  been  upwards  of  $1,150, 
besides  minor  repairs,  painting,  etc.,  making  the  total  cost 
of  the  building,  well,  and  pipe  between  $1,750  and  |1,800. 

Believing  that  the  property  would  be  of  more  value  to  the 
Trustees  than  to  any  one  else,  and  desiring  to  aid  in  the 
education  of  young  men  for  the  Christian  ministry,  from 
which  I  was  providentially  debarred,  I  tender  the  building 
wnth  the  well  and  pipe  to  you  in  trust,  for  the  purpose  of 
establishing  a  scholarship  in  the  Theological  Seminary  in 
Phillips  Academy,  on  the  following  conditions  ;  viz. 

1.  The  property  shall  be  appraised  by  three  competent 
persons,  to  be  chosen  in  the  usual  manner.  The  Trustees 
shall  take  the  property  at  the  appraisal,  and  shall  securely 
invest  at  interest  a  sum  of  money  equal  to  the  same,  the 
income  of  which  shall  forever  be  appropriated  to  the  support 
of  the  aforesaid  scholarship. 

2.  The  beneficiary  of  the  scliolarship,  which  I  desire  may 
be  designated  "  Tlie  Draper  Scholarship,"  shall  be  a  member 
of  the  Theological  Seminary  in  good  standing  as  a  scholar 
and  a  Christian,  industrious,  soberminded,  and  tlioroughly 
evangelical  in  his  religious  views,  holding  substantially  the 
doctrines  of  the  Creed  of  the  Seminary  "as  at  present  sub- 
scribed by  its  Professors.  1  prefer,  but  do  not  insist,  that  he 
be  a  Congregationalist. 

3.  The  Trustees  or,  in  case  of  their  neglect  or  failure,  the 
Faculty  of  the  Seminary,  shall  appoint  the  beneficiary  from 


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the  Junior  Class,  provided  that  during  my  life  1  shall  have 
the  right  of  appointment.  One  half  of  the  income  of  the 
scholarship  shall  be  appropriated  and  paid  over  to  the  bene- 
ficiary not  sooner  tlian  the  end  of  the  first  term  of  the  year, 
and  the  remainder  at  the  end  of  the  year.  If  at  any  future 
time  the  terms  of  study  shall  be  consolidated,  the  first  instal- 
ment shall  be  paid  at  the  end  of  six  months  after  the  com- 
mencement of  the  academic  year.  I  desire  that  this  bene- 
faction shall  be  continued  to  the  same  person  during  his 
whole  Seminary  course,  provided  he  shall  maintain  the  quali- 
fications mentioned  in  the  second  foregoing  section.  If  he 
shall  have  sustained  the  character  described  during  the  first 
year,  and  give  promise  of  a  continuance  of  the  same,  the 
appropriations  of  the  succeeding  years  may  be  made  in  one 
instalment. 

W.  F.  Draper. 
This  property  appraised  at  $750. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  331  — Journal,  page  344. 
Seminary  Records,  pages  271-273. 

Present  amount,  $1,214.76 


1866. 

LECTURESHIP  ON  CONGREGATIONALISM. 

Donation  of  Messrs.  Wells  Southworth  and  Edward  South- 
worth  for  Lectureship  on  Congregationalism. 

Whereas  the  Trustees  of  the  Theological  Seminary  in 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  have  voted  to  establish  a  course 
of  Lectures  on  Congregational  Polity,  and  the  lectureship 
needs  an  endowment  of  five  thousand  dollars,  we  therefore, 
Edward  Southworth  of  West  Springfield,  Mass.,  and  Wells 
Southworth  of  New  Haven,  Ct.,  in  consideration  of  the  need 
of  this  endowment,  and  of  the  utility  of  such  a  course  of 
lectures,  and  in  consideration  that  the  Trustees  will  establish 
and  maintain  the  course  permanently,  hereby  give  the  sum 


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of  five  thousand  dollars  for  that  purpose.  The  principal  is  to 
remain  in  our  hands  till  it  is  convenient  to  pay  the  same ; 
but  the  interest  thereof  we  will  pay  to  the  Treasurer  of  the 
Institution  or  his  successor  in  office,  being  three  hundred 
dollars  annually,  on  the  first  day  of  August ;  the  first  pay- 
ment to  be  made  on  the  first  day  of  August  next,  and  the 
principal  to  be  paid  before  we  close  our  connection  in 
business. 

Wells  Southworth, 
Edward  Southworth. 
.October  1,  1866. 

Voted,  That  the  Board  gratefully  accept  this  generous 
donation,  and  that  it  be  acknowledged  in  the  usual  form ; 
it  being  understood  that  until  the  principal  is  paid  the 
donors  will  pay  three  hundred  dollars  yearly,  in  order  that 
the  course  of  lectures  may  commence  immediately. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  277  and  279. 

Received  interest  on  this  lectureship  to  Sept.  25, 1872,  il,800, 
when  the  five  thousand  dollars  was  paid. 


1866. 

LECTURESHIP   ON   HOME   MISSIONS. 

A  communication  from  Prof.  J.  H.  Thayer  having  been 
laid  before  the  Board,  announcing  the  offer  by  a  lady  in 
Boston  of  an  annuity  of  three  hundred  dollars  during  her 
life,  to  procure  lectures  on  the  subject  of  Home  Missions : 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  communicated  to 
the  donor  for  this  generous  offer,  and  that  immediate  meas- 
ures be  taken  to  comply  with  the  conditions  expressed. 

Seminary  Records,  page  277. 

Received  upon  this  annuity  to  Jan.  1879,  $2,700 


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1866. 

LECTURSHIP   ON   FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 
Henry  H.  Hyde's  Donation  for  Lectureship. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass. 
Gentlemen : 

I  submit  the  enclosed  to  your  consideration.  In  doing  so 
I  liave,  I  trust,  been  influenced  in  some  good  degree  from  a 
sense  of  the  great  importance  of  the  work  of  foreign  missions, 
as  conducted  by  the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  of 
Foreign  Missions,  and  other  kindred  institutions,  and  from  a 
strong  desire  that  the  young  men  in  our  theological  sem- 
inaries who  are  preparing  to  become  preachers  of  the  gospel, 
may  be  thoroughly  instructed  in  the  nature  and  importance 
of  the  foreign  missionary  work,  and  the  best  mode  of  widen- 
ing it,  and  in  the  paramount  obligation  resting  upon  them 
—  whether  they  are  to  be  foreign  missionaries  or  pastors  of 
churches  at  home  —  to  do  all  in  their  power  to  make  known 
the  gospel  to  every  creature. 

I  cheerfully  avail  myself  of  the  opportunity  afforded  by 
the  establishment  of  the  lectureship  aforesaid  in  your  Semi- 
nary to  make  to  your  Board  the  following  proposal,  as  a 
small  contribution  to  the  cause  of  Christ,  and  as  a  small 
return  for  the  manifold  blessings  which  a  kind  Providence 
has  bestowed  upon  me. 

Praying  that  the  Great  Head  of  the  Church  will  set  the 
seal  of  his  approbation  upon  tliis  act,  and  will  ever  continue 
to  bless  and  prosper  the  Seminary  under  your  charge,  and 
make  it  eminently  useful  to  the  church  and  the  world,  I 
now  herewith  set  my  hand  and  seal,  this  twenty-ninth  day  of 
January,  1867. 

Henry  H.  Hyde. 

Witness, 

E.  L.  S.  Hammond. 


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To  tlie  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  established  in  Andover, 
in  the  County  of  Essex,  and  Commonwealth  of  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Gentlemen : 

Having  heard,  with  great  satisfaction,  that  you  have  estab- 
lished a  Lectureship  upon  Foreign  Missions,  for  the  purpose 
of  having  delivered,  in  eacli  Seminary  year,  to  the  students 
in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  your  care  a  course  of 
lectures  upon  the  above  subject,  and  that  you  need  an 
endowment  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  secure  the  delivery 
annually  of  said  course  of  lectures ;  I  hereby  propose  to 
endow  said  lectureship,  upon  the  following  terms  and  con- 
ditions : 

First.  I  will  assume  the  endowment  of  said  lectureship  by 
the  payment  of  five  thousand  dollars  to  the  Treasurer  of 
Phillips  Academy  at  such  times  as  may  be  convenient  to  me, 
and  in  case  of  my  decease  such  sum,  or  any  part  thereof 
remaining  unpaid,  I  hereby  bind  myself,  my  heirs,  my  exe- 
cutors, or  administrators,  in  consideration  that  said  Trustees 
shall  accept  my  proposition  upon  the  terms  and  conditions 
herein  contained,  that  said  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  or 
any  part  thereof  at  my  decease  remaining  unpaid,  shall  at 
that  time  be  paid  to  said  Treasurer. 

Second.  In  order  that  the  lectureship  may  be  immediately 
established,  I  further  agree  that  I  will  each  and  every  year, 
commencing  with  the  present,  pay  to  the  said  Treasurer  the 
sum  of  three  hundred  dollars,  until  such  time  as  I  or  my 
representatives  shall  have  paid  the  aforesaid  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars. 

Third.  Said  sum,  when  paid  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  safely 
and  securely  invested  by  said  Trustees,  and  shall  ever  be 
kept  separate  from  all  other  investments,  and  an  account 
shall  be  kept  of  the  same,  and  of  all  income  received  and 
disbursements  made  therefrom.  And  in  case  in  any  year 
the  whole  of  said  income  from  any  cause  shall  not  be  ex- 
pended, the  balance  shall  be  added  to  the  principal,  to  remain 
as  a  part  thereof. 


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Fourth.  The  said  sum  of  three  hundred  dollars  to  be  paid 
by  me  annually  as  aforesaid,  and  the  income  of  said  five 
thousand  dollars,  when  the  same  shall  have  been  paid  as 
aforesaid,  shall  be  applied  by  the  said  Trustees  for  the  pro- 
curing of  the  delivery  annually  to  the  students  of  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  under  their  care  of  a  course  of  not  less 
than  ten  nor  more  tiian  fifteen  lectures,  as  they  may  from 
time  to  time  determine,  on  "  Foreign  Missions,"  meaning 
thereby  such  missions  as  are  conducted  by  the  American 
Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions,  the  London 
Missionary  Society,  or  the  Church  (English)  Missionary 
Society.  The  subjects  to  be,  the  obligation  of  the  Christian 
world  to  engage  therein  ;  their  history  from  the  earliest  time 
to  the  present ;  the  best  method  of  conducting  the  same  ; 
their  success ;  their  reflex  influence  upon  those  who  sustain 
them ;  the  gain  therefrom  to  science  and  learning,  to  com- 
merce, civilization,  and  humanity  ;  and  upon  such  other 
topics  as  from  time  to  time  shall  seem  to  demand  a  place 
in  the  proposed  course. 

Fifth.  The  lecturer  in  the  above  course  shall  always  be 
appointed  by  said  Trustees. 

Sixth.  The  lectures  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Middle  Class, 
and  also  in  the  present  Seminary  year  to  the  Senior  Class. 
Should  unforeseen  circumstances  render  it  expedient  in 
the  judgment  of  the  Trustees,  for  the  better  securing  the 
object  of  tliis  endowment,  that  a  part  of  the  lectures  be 
delivered  to  one  or  both  of  the  other  classes,  this  may  be 
done. 

Seventh.  If  in  any  one  year  there  shall  not,  for  any  cause, 
be  delivered  at  least  ten  lectures,  such  failures  shall  not 
operate  as  a  forfeiture  of  this  endowment  if  the  Trustees  by 
a  formal  vote,  passed  and  placed  upon  their  records,  shall 
declare  such  failure  to  have  been  beyond  reasonable  control. 

Eighth.  The  compensation  for  the  lecturer  provided  for 
by  this  endowment  not  being  sufficiently  large  to  entitle  the 
Seminary  to  a  full  property  in  them,  the  lecturer  shall  be 
at  liberty  to  deliver  them  at  other  theological  seminaries. 


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and  to  publish  them,  or  the  substance  of  them,  at  his  dis- 
cretion. 

Ninth.  ■  In  case  said  Trustees  shall  accept  this  endowment 
upon  these  terms  and  conditions  herein  stated,  I  hereby  bind 
myself,  my  heirs,  my  executors,  and  administrators  to  carry 
into  full  effect  the  foregoing  proposition,  upon  tlie  terms  and 
conditions  herein-before  expressed. 

Dated  at  Boston  this  twenty-ninth  day  of  January,  1867. 

Henry  H.  Hyde. 

Witness, 

E.  L.  S.  Hammond. 


Voted^  That  the  Trustees  gratefully  accept  Mr.  Hyde's 
liberal  and  timely  proposition,  and  engage  in  all  things  to 
perform  all  the  terms  and  conditions  thereof. 

Voted,  That  the  communication  of  Mr.  Hyde  containing 
his  proposition  for  said  endowment,  with  his  letter  to  the 
Trustees  accompanying  the  same,  be  entered  in  full  upon 
the  Records  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  that  said  lec- 
tureship be  called  "  The  Hyde  Lectureship  on  Foreign  Mis- 
sions in  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary." 

Voted,  That  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  Board  are  hereby 
tendered  to  Mr.  Hyde  for  his  generous  endowment  of  said 
lectureship,  thus  securing  to  the  Seminary  the  means  of 
providing  for  the  students  instruction  not  heretofore  enjoyed, 
upon  a  subject  of  the  highest  importance  to  the  church  and 
the  world. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  281-284. 

Received  interest  upon  this  Lectureship  to  April  14,  1874, 
$2,100,  when  the  principal  of  five  thousand  dollars  was 
paid. 


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1867-^  July  6. 

LECTURESHIP  ON  MODERN  INFIDELITY. 

Donation  of  J.  C.  Howe,   Esq.,  of  Boston   (to  pay 

salary  of  lecturer  one  year),  iSOO 


1867— October  3. 

DONATION   BY  MRS.  SUSAN  FLINT   SHEDD. 

A  beautiful  copy  of  Tischendorf's  Codex  Sinaiticus,  in 
three  large  volumes,  having  been  presented  to  the  Library 
by  Mrs.  Susan  Flint  Shedd, 

Voted,  That  the  special  thanks  of  the  Board  be  communi- 
cated to  Mrs.  Shedd  for  the  valuable  work. 

Seminary  Records,  page  300. 


1866  — October  3. 

APPLICATION   FOR   AN   ADDITIONAL   ACT. 

Voted,  That  Messrs.  Child  and  Jackson  be  a  Committee  to 
apply,  in  behalf  of  the  Board,  to  the  General  Court  for  an 
extension  of  the  right  to  hold  property  to  such  an  amount 
as  the  Institutions  under  the  care  of  the  Board  require. 

Seminary  Records,  page  i78. 


1867— February  20. 

The  Committee  appointed  to  obtain  from  the  General 
Court  permission  to  hold  additional  personal  estate,  reported 
by  presenting  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  granting  the  au- 
thority.    The  Act  is  as  follows  : 


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COMMONWEALTH   OF   MASSACHUSETTS. 

Ill  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-seven. 

An  Act  to  authorize  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy 
to  hold  additional  personal  estate. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives 
ill  General  Court  assembled,  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
same  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  are  hereby 
empowered  to  receive,  purchase,  and  hold  by  gift,  grant, 
devise,  or  otherwise,  for  the  further  endowment  of  the  Theo- 
logical Institution  or  department,  and  in  furtherance  of  the 
design  of  the  founders  and  benefactors  of  said  Academy, 
personal  estate,  the  annual  income  of  which  shall  not  exceed 
twenty  thousand  dollars  in  addition  to  what  they  are  now 
allowed  by  law  to  hold ;  provided  tlie  income  of  said  estate 
shall  always  be  applied  to  objects  agreeably  to  the  will  of  the 
donors. 

Section  2.     This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage. 
Approved  by  the  Governor,  February  12,  1867. 

Alex.  H.  Bullock. 

Seminary  Records,  page  286. 


1867— February  20. 

SMITH   PROFESSORSHIP. 

Donation  of  Miss  Sophia  Smith  for  the  Endowment  of  a 
New  Professorship. 

A  document  signed  by  Miss  Sophia  Smith  of  Hatfield, 
bearing  date  February  12,  1867,  promising  to  pay  to  this 
Board,  in  trust,  the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  on  the 
first  day  of -August,  1867,  in  consideration  of  her  interest  in 
the  cause  of  evangelical  religion  and  education,  especially 
tlie  preparation  of  men  for  the  gospel  ministry  ;  and  in  con- 
sideration   that   the  Trustees   shall   pledge   themselves  "  to 


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found  a  Professorship  for  an  abridged  course  in  tlie  Theo- 
logical Seminary  under  their  care,"  as  stated  in  said  docu- 
ments, liaving  been  communicated  to  the  Board,  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  Board  will  gladly  receive  and  hold  this 
endowment  in  trust,  for  the  uses  named  by  Miss  Smith  in 
said  document ;  and  the  Board  do  hereby  expressly  pledge 
themselves  to  establish  on  this  foundation  a  Professorship  of 
"  Theology,  Homiletics,"  etc.,  for  an  abridged  course  in  the 
Theological  Seminary  under  their  care,  in  accordance  with 
the  terms  of  her  proposed  gift,  and  as  early  as  possible  after 
the  same  shall  be  received ;  said  Professorsliip  to  be  called 
the  "  Smith  Professorship  of  Theology,  Homiletics,  etc.,  in 
the  Abridged  Course." 

Voted,  That  the  cordial  thanks  of  this  Board  be  tendered 
to  Miss  Smith  for  the  cheering  and  generous  pledge  given  in 
this  document ;  they  also  desire  to  express  to  her  their  deep 
sense  of  the  great  value  and  timeliness  of  her  proposed 
endowment,  by  means  of  which  the  Seminary  may  so  soon 
be  able  to  aid  a  new  class  of  students  in  entering  upon  the 
gospel  ministry,  to  meet  the  urgent  demands  of  the  great 
and  growing  work. 

Voted,  That  a  certified  copy  of  the  foregoing  Votes  be  sent 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  Board  to  Miss  Smith,  signifying  our  full 
and  hearty  acceptance  of  her  proposal. 

March  13.  —  A  communication  was  laid  before  the  Board 
from  Miss  Sopliia  Smith  of  Hatfield,  dated  March  2,  1867, 
proposing  for  the  consideration  of  the  Board  certain  Articles 
as  the  Statutes  of  the  Smith  Professorship  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  imder  the  care  of  the  Board,  to  be  endowed  by 
her,  in  accordance  with  a  document  under  her  hand,  dated 
February  12,  1867,  if  the  same  shall  be  found  agreeable  to 
the  said  Trustees  and  shall  be  adopted  by  them. 

After  due  consideration  the  following  preamble  and  Votes 
were  adopted : 

Whereas  the  Board  have  received  from  Miss  Sophia  Smith 
certain  instruments  securing  to  this  Board  the  funds  neces- 


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sarj  to  establish  the  Smith  Professorship  in  the  Theological 
Seminary,  and  proposing  Articles  as  statutes  for  the  same  ; 
therefore, 

Voted,  That  the  Board  do  now  hereby  establish  a  Profes- 
sorship in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care,  to  be 
called  the  "  Smith  Professorship  of  Theology,  Homiletics, 
etc.,  in  the  Abridged  Course." 

Voted,  That  tlie  Articles  .proposed  by  Miss  Smith  as  the 
Statutes  of  the  Professorship  are  highly  satisfactory  to  this 
Board,  and  are  hereby  accepted  and  adopted  by  the  Board 
as  the  permanent  Statutes  of  the  Smith  Professorship. 

Voted,  That  a  copy  of  the  foregoing  Yotes  be  communicated 
by  the  Clerk  to  Miss  Smith,  with  the  cordial  thanks  of  this 
Board  for  the  interest  which  she  has  manifested  in  the  proper 
organization  and  administration  of  this  new  department  in 
the  Seminary. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  285  and  287. 

STATUTES  OF  THE  SMITH  PROFESSORSHIP. 

Whereas  the  rapid  opening  of  new  and  wide  fields  in  our 
country  has  created  a  special  demand  for  earnest  preachers 
and  pastors  in  large  numbers  ;  and 

Whereas  the  attention  of  the  Christian  public  has  been 
directed  to  the  importance  of' encouraging  and  aiding  a  class 
of  laborers  from  our  laity  to  enter  the  gospel  ministry  by  a 
shorter  preparation  for  the  work  than  has  heretofore  been 
customary ;  and 

Whereas  in  all  sections  of  our  country  such  young  men, 
in  considerable  numbers,  are  already  inquiring  earnestly 
wliere  and  liow  they  can  have  the  requisite  training  in  its 
substance,  condensed  and  practical  in  form,  and  brought 
well  within  their  reach  in  the  lielps  to  be  given  and  the  time 
to  be  spent ;  and 

Whereas  I  have,  in  a  document  by  me  subscribed,  Feb- 
ruary 12,  A.D.  1867,  promised  to  pay  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  at  Andover  the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  on 
the  first  day  of  August,  1867,  upon  the  consideration  that 


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said  Trustees  should  pledge  themselves  to  establish  a  Pro- 
fessorship in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care  in 
said  Andover,  to  be  called  the  "  Smith  Professorship  of 
Theology,  Homiletics,  etc.,  in  an  Abridged  Course  of  Instruc- 
tion," to  be  cliiefly  devoted  to  the  proper  meeting  of  this 
great  and  important  exigency  ;  and  said  Trustees  have  so 
pledged  themselves  by  their  action,  under  date  of  February 
20,  1867,  to  my  full  satisfaction. 

Now,  therefore,  in  order  the  more  fully  to  define  this  new 
department,  to  aid  in  the  organization  of  it,  and  to  make 
known  more  clearly  my  wishes  as  to  the  administration  and 
use  of  this  fund,  I  hereby  propose  for  the  consideration  of  said 
Trustees  the  following  Articles,  which,  if  agreeable  to  them 
and  adopted  by  them,  I  desire  may  ibrever  stand  as  the 
Statutes,  or  permanent  Rules  and  Laws,  of  this  my  Pro- 
fessorship ;  viz. 

Article  1.  The  fund  herein  named  shall  be  set  apart  IVom 
all  others  by  said  Trustees,  and  be  known  as  the  Smith  Pro- 
fessorship Fund ;  the  principal  to  be  forever  kept  intact,  and 
the  income  to  be  used,  under  the  direction  of  the  Trustees,  for 
the  support  of  the  Professor  on  this  foundation,  and  such  other 
purposes  consistent  therewith,  as  the  Trustees  may  direct. 

Article  2.  Whenever  the  chair  of  this  my  Professorship 
shall  be  vacant,  or  when  for  any  cause  there  shall  be  a 
portion  of  the  income  remaining  unexpended  for  the  above- 
named  uses,  all  such  income  not  so  expended  shall  be  added 
at  the  close  of  the  financial  year  then  current  to  the  principal 
of  this  fund,  to  repair  any  loss  of  the  same,  or  for  the  per- 
manent increase  thereof. 

Article  3.  The  Professor  on  tiiis  my  foundation  sliall  have 
tlie  special  charge  of  such  students  as,  with  the  approval  of 
the  Faculty  of  said  Seminary,  shall  be  admitted  thei-eto  as 
candidates  for  the  ministry  without  the  usual  full  course 
of  preparation  therefor,  or  as  for  sufficient  reasons  sliall  not 
be  able  to  pass  through  the  entire  course  in  tiie  Seminary, 
and  shall  so  direct  their  studies,  under  the  sanction  of  the 
Trustees,  and  so  aid  them  in  their  course  by  lectures  and  by 

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personal  interviews,  as  in  the  fullest  degree  practicable  to  fit 
them  for  the  direct,  urgent,  pungent,  and  practical  preaching 
of  divine  truth,  and  for  tlie  wise  and  faithful  oversight  of 
churches  as  judicious  pastors.  He  sliall  also,  so  far  as  tlic 
Trustees  may  judge  to  l)e  not  inconsistent  with  this,  perform 
such  otlier  labor  in  tlie  Seminary  as  may  be  deemed  needful, 
and  shall  share  with  the  other  Professors  in  the  general  and 
miscellaneous  duties  that  devolve  on  them  collectively. 

Article  4.  The  Professor  on  this  my  foundation  shall  be 
elected  by  the  Trustees  aforesaid,  and  shall  be  approved  by 
the  Board  of  Visitors  also  in  said  Seminary,  as  the  Statutes 
require  in  the  case  of  the  other  Professors,  and  shall  be, 
equally  with  the  others,  amenable  to  the  Trustees  and  Visi- 
tors in  all  his  official  relations  and  duties ;  and  the  second, 
third,  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth  Articles  in  the  Associate 
Statutes,  so  called,  of  said  Seminary,  relating  to  the  Pro- 
fessors on  that  foundation,  shall  severally  and  expressly  be 
in  force  relative  to  this  my  Professor  equally  with  the  Asso- 
ciate Professors. 

Article  5.  Students  shall  be  admitted  to  this  abridged 
course,  and  shall  enjoy  other  privileges  in  the  Seminaiy,  and 
be  subject  to  rules,  regulations,  and  requirements  in  the 
same,  upon  such  terms  and  conditions  as  the  Trustees  shall 
from  time  to  time  prescribe. 

Article  6.  In  order  to  provide  for  a  possible  contingency, 
I  here  express  the  wish  that  if,  in  the  course  of  time,  under 
the  providence  of  God,  it  shall  become  manifest  to  the  Board 
of  Trustees  that  the  demand  for  ministers  prepared  by  this 
abridged  course  has  passed  away,  and  that  this  my  endow- 
ment can  be  made  to  do  a  greater  and  a  better  work  for  the 
church  of  Christ,  for  our  country,  and  for  the  world  by  being 
applied  to  the  support  of  a  Professor  in  some  other  depart- 
ment in  this  Theological  Seminary,  said  Trustees  are  hereby 
authorized  and  empowered  to  make  such  change  in  the 
duties  of  this  my  Professor,  according  to  their  best  judg- 
ment ;  said  Professor,  however,  to  be  in  no  case  transferred 
except  upon  the  clearest  evidence  that  his  usefulness,  and  so 


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the  usefulness  of  this  my  endowment,  will  thcreViy  be  per- 
petuated and  increased. 

Being  moved  to  the  offering  which  I  have  made  by  a 
grateful  sense  of  the  bounty  of  my  Heavenly  Father  toward 
me,  by  my  desire  to  promote  the  cause  of  religion  and  edu- 
cation in  the  world,  and  by  high  appreciation  of  the  work 
which  tlie  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover  is  doing,  and 
especially  what  it  will  do  when  this  new  department  is  added, 
I  confide  this  offering  to  the  wisdom  and  watchfulness  of  the 
said  Board  of  Trustees  in  the  beloved  Seminary  under  their 
care,  with  fervent  prayer  for  the  constant  blessing  of  the 
Great  Head  of  the  church  on  it  in  all  time  to  come. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and 
seal  this  second  day  of  March,  a.d.  1867. 

Sophia  Smith, 

Hatfield,  Mass. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered 
in  presence  of 

John  M.  Greene, 
Geo.  W.  Hubijard. 

Seminary  Records,  paf,fes  287-290. 

At  the  July  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  the  Treasurer  having 
reported  the  receipt  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  from  Miss  S. 
Smith,  the  following  form  of  acknowledgment  was  adopted : 

The  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  acknowledge  the  receipt 
of  thirty  thousand  dollars  from  Miss  Sophia  Smith  of  Hat- 
field, for  the  endowment  of  the  Smith  Professorship,  already 
established  in  the  Theological  Seminary  in  Andover,  with 
statutes  and  conditions  previously  settled  and  communicated. 
And  they  desire  to  express  their  high  satisfaction  in  the 
prompt  fulfilment  of  the  pledge  of  Miss  Smith  to  make  the 
said  endowment.  They  also  renew  their  assurances  of  pro- 
found gratitude  to  the  donor  for  the  very  important  aid 
which  she  lias  thus  contributed  to  the  usefulness  of  the 
Seminary  and  the  cause  of  sacred  learning. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  342 — Journal,  page  383. 
Seminary  Records,  page  299. 

Present  amount  of  fund,  $31,394.02 


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1867. 


SUrPLEMENTARY   FUND. 

For  the  increase  of  Salaries  of  Professors. 

Jan.  7.  Donation  of  SamuelJohnson,  Esq.,  of  Boston, -f  1,000 
July  6.  Donation  of  J.  C.  Howe,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  400 

^1,400 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  333  —  Journal,  page  350. 


1867. 

DORCHESTER  SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

April  20.    Donation  by  Rev.  J.  H.  Means,  D.D.,  of  Dor- 
chester, 1100 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  335. 

TAYLOR   SCHOLARSHIP   FUND. 
Increased  by  income  account,  $2,243.94 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  290.     See  page  223. 


1867— July. 

JONES  FUND. 

Donation  of  Frederick  Jones,  Esq.,  to  endow  a  Professorship 
of  Elocution. 

To  the  Honorable   and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen, 
My  long  cherished  interest  in  the  Theological  Seminary 
under  your  care,  and  my  conviction  that  some  further  pro- 
vision  for  the   improvement  of  its  students  in    the  art  of 
reading  and  speaking  is   needed  to  increase  its  usefulness, 


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and  fit  its  graduates  for  their  great  work  as  preachers  of  the 
gospel,  prompt  me  to  offer  you  an  endowment  of  a  chair 
of  elocution.     For  tliis  end, 

I  hereby  engage,  therefore,  to  pay  your  Treasurer,  on  the 
first  day  of  August,  a.d.  1870,  the  sum  of  fifteen  thousand 
dollars,  with  interest  on  the  same  semi-annually  from  August 
1,  1867,  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent,  with  liberty  to  pay  said 
principal  at  my  convenience  before  said  date,  if  I  shall  choose 
so  to  do. 

And  in  order  more  fully  to  define  the  ol)jects  of  this  pro- 
vision, and  my  wishes  in  proposing  it,  I  tender  it  to  you 
upon  the  following  terms  and  conditions,  which  I  desire,  if 
agreeable  to  you  and  approved  by  you.,  may  forever  control 
this  foundation,  under  your  care,  as  the  permanent  statutes 
of  the  same  ;"  viz. 

1.  The  above-named  sum  of  fifteen  thousand  dollars,  when 
received  by  you,  shall  be  kept  distinct  from  all  others  in  the 
accounts  of  said  Seminary,  and  known  as  the  "  Jones  Fund," 
the  principal  to  be  preserved  forever  intact,  and  the  income 
thereof  only  applied,  under  your  direction,  from  year  to  year, 
towards  the  support  of  an  Instructor  in  Elocution  and  kin- 
dred subjects  in  said  Seminary. 

2.  If  at  the  close  of  any  financial  year  in  said  Seminary 
any  portion  of  the  income  of  this  fund  shall  remain  unex- 
pended for  such  use,  the  same  shall  be  added  to  the  principal 
of  the  fund,  to  repair  any  unavoidable  loss  thereof,  or  for  its 
permanent  increase. 

3.  The  Instructor  on  this  my  foundation  shall  be  elected 
by  said  Trustees,  and  shall  hold  his  office  for  such  time  and 
upon  such  terms,  and  under  such  regulations  as  to  the  range 
of  his  duties,  and  in  all  other  respects,  as  said  Trustees  may 
decide. 

4.  So  far  as  may  in  the  judgment  of  the  Trustees  be  con- 
sistent with  the  besf  interests  of  this  department  and  of  said 
Seminary,  they  shall  require  said  Instructor  to  devote  his 
time  wholly  and  continuously  to  his  duties  in  the  Seminary 
at  least  during  the  last  three  months  of  the  Seminary  year. 


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and    for   such    other   period    in    the  year  as  may  be  found 
needful. 

5.  In  the  election  of  an  Instructor  on  this  foundation  the 
Trustees  shall  have  the  largest  liberty,  so  as  to  secure  the 
best  professional  talent  and  skill  in  the  department ;  yet  in  a 
New  England  school  of  theology,  and  in  tlie  training  of 
preachers  of  the  gospel,  a  permanent  Instructor  should  be, 
if  possible,  an  educated  clergyman,  or  at  least  a  man  of  high 
and  liberal  culture  and  of  earnest  piety,  and  in  full  sympa- 
thy with  the  great  work  of  the  Seminary  and  with  the  faith 
and  aim  of  its  founders ;  and  my  desire  is  that  no  one  who 
is  manifestly  lacking  in  these  latter  requisites  shall  ever  be 
regarded  by  the  Trustees  as  eligible  to  this  chair,  or  be 
elected  to  the  same. 

6.  The  Trustees  aforesaid  are  hereby  authorized  and  re- 
quested, so  far  as  in  their  judgment  may  be  deemed  expe- 
dient, to  make  any  by-laws  relating  to  said  department  and 
the  Instructor  therein,  in  addition  to  the  foregoing  provi- 
sions, and  not  inconsistent  with  them,  and  to  alter  the  same 
from  time  to  time  at  their  discretion,  so  as  in  the  most 
effectual  manner  to  secure  the  objects  of  this  foundation. 

In  the  hope  that  this  provision  will  give  increased  com- 
pleteness and  efficiency  to  tiie  Seminary  under  your  care, 
gentlemen,  and  will  thus  impart  greater  attractiveness  and 
force  to  the  proclamation  of  divine  truth  by  its  successive 
classes,  I  tender  the  same  to  you ;  and  if  you  shall  accept 
the  gift  on  the  foregoing  terms  and  conditions,  L  hereby  bind 
myself,  my  heirs,  executors,  and  administrators  by  these 
presents  to  the  payment  of  the  aforesaid  sum  and  interest, 
and  the  fulfilment  in  all  respects  of  the  proposition  herein 
set  forth. 

Boston,  Mass.      Given    under   my   hand  and  seal   this 
twenty-seventh  day  of  July,  1867. 

Frederick  Jones. 

In  presence  of 

Edward  F.  Sanborne. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  296  and  297. 


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Voted,  That  the  offer  of  Mr.  Jones  in  this  communication 
is  gratefully  accepted  upon  the  terms  and  conditions  named 
therein,  and  that  this  Board  will  on  its  part  hold  and  execute 
their  trust  in  the  custody  of  this  new  fund,  in  full  accord- 
ance with  the  specifications  and  aim  of  the  donor  as  therein 
indicated. 

Voted,  That  the  several  articles  of  this  communication  are 
highly  agreeable  and  satisfactory  to  this  Board,  and  are 
hereby  accepted  and  adopted  as  the  Statutes  of  the  Jones 
Foundation. 

Voted,  That  in  thus  endowing  a  chair  of  Elocution  in  the 
Theological  Seminary  Mr.  Jones  has  met  an  urgent  want  of 
the  Institution,  and  the  Board  desire  to  express  to  him  their 
deep  sense  of  the  value  of  his  generous  gift,  as  an  aid  in  the 
great  work  of  preparing  young  men  for  the  duties  of  the 
ministry  of  the  gospel,  and  their  conviction  that  it  will 
greatly  increase  the  attractiveness  and  symmetry  of  the  dis- 
cipline which  the  Seminary  is  designed  to  impart. 

Voted,  That  the  incumbent  of  the  chair  thus  endowed  in 
the  Seminary  be  called  the  Jones  Instructor  in  Elocution. 

Seminary  Records,  page  298. 

1868,  June  29,  Voted,  That  Messrs.  Sweetser  and  Child 
be  a  Committee  to  confer  with  Mr.  Jones  with  reference  to  a 
change  in  tiie  title  of  the  incumbent  of  the  chair  of  Elocution. 

Seminary  Eecords,  page  304. 

1868,  Aug.  3.  A  Report  from  the  Committee  to  whom 
was  referred  the  question  of  the  alteration  of  the  Statutes 
of  Mr.  Jones  relating  to  an  Instructor  in  Elocution  in  the 
Seminary  was  read,  accepted,  and  adopted  ;  and  in  accord- 
ance with  the  same,  by  consent  of  Mr.  Jones,  the  Statutes 
were  so  modified  that  the  title  of  the  incumbent  of  this  chair 
may  be  either  Instructor  or  Professor  of  Elocution,  as  the 
Trustees  may  prefer. 

Seminary  Records,  page  308. 


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Received  of  Mr.  Jones  interest  on  tliis  fund  87,140  ;  from 
wliich,  for  increasing  the  fund  while  tlie  cliair  was 
vacant,  1900. 

Fund  paid  February  8,  1871,  and  September,  187G. 

Present  amount  of  fund,  $15,900 

Theo.  Ledger,  pages  344  and  345. 


1867  —  1870. 

LIBRARIAN'S    SALARY. 

Donations  from  sundry  persons,  $1,000 

Upwards  of  three  thousand  dollars  were  paid 

to  tlie  Librarian  which  did  not  pass  through 

the  treasury. 
Besides  the  foregoing,  also  special  donations,        *         $3,250 


1867  —  1868. 
CLUB-HOUSE. 

Donations  from  sundry  persons,  .  $1,000 


1869. 

GYMNASIUM. 

Donations  for  same,  $320 


1869  — February. 
CLARK   SCHOLARSHIP. 


Hon.  Oliver  R.  Clark  of,  Winchester,  Mass.,  has  pledged 
to  the  Trustees  the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars  for  three 


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scholarships,  to  be  selected  from  the  Senior  Class ;  paying 
three  hundred  dollars  interest  annually,  until  such  time  as 
convenient  to  pay  the  principal. 

Seminary  Eecoids,  page  323. 

Received  on  account  of  intci'cst  to  January  1870,  -^2,250, 
when  Mr.  Clark,  from  stress  of  times,  ielt  comjjclled  to 
suspend  this  payment,  hoping  to  resume. 


1869  — June  28. 

TAYLOR  MEMORIAL   FUND. 
"IN  MEMORIAM." 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 

You  will  please  accept  herewith,  and  hold  in  sacred  trust, 
the  sum  of  five  thousand  dollars,  to  be  designated  in  your 
accounts  as  the  "  Taylor  Memorial  Fund." 

The  special  object  of  this  donation  is  to  provide  the  means 
of  aiding  some  of  the  more  needy  students  in  the  Theological 
Seminary,  as  their  wants  may  be  ascertained,  in  addition  to 
all  regular  appropriations  from  !~cholarsliips  or  other  funds, 
and  in  such  sums  as  may  be  found  most  judicious. 

I  sliall  be  desirous  of  retaining  tlie  control  of  the  income 
of  this  fund  during  my  life-time,  to  be  used  as  I  may  tliink 
best ;  but  after  my  decease  it  is  my  wish  that  the  appropri- 
ation of  it  be  made  according  to  the  best  discretion  of  the 
Treasurer  of  your  Board  and  the  President  of  the  Facnlty 
of  the  Seminary  ;  and  if  a  few  can  be  substantially  and 
generously  aided  from  year  to  year,  rather  than  many  in 
small  sums,  the  object  of  the  donation  will  be  the  better 
secured. 

Should  the  income  not  all  be  need  for  this  purpose  from 
year  to  year,  I  hereby  consent  to  its  being  appropriated  in 

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part  to  the  payment  of  your  regular  allowances  to  students, 
either  in  the  special  course  of  study  or  in  the  full  course,  as 
your  Treasurer  may  find  most  needed. 

If  any  loss  of  principal  shall  occur,  I  wisli  this  to  be  made 
up  out  of  the  income  before  the  same  shall  be  used  for  the 
students  benefit. 

There  is  a  history  to  tliis  offering  which  I  do  not  disclose ; 
but  it  is  all  the  fruit  of  many  self-denials,  and  it  has  been 
often  consecrated  by  earnest  prayers,  while  in  many  ways 
the  favoring  hand  of  Providence  has  been  manifestly  inter- 
posed to  place  his  seal  on  it ;  and  as  it  was  for  several  years 
an  object  of  special  interest  to  my  beloved  wife,  Mrs.  Caroline 
Phelps  Taylor,  and  her  free  hand  and  heart  often  gladly 
helped  to  dispense  the  income  of  a  trust  from  the  Master 
devoted  to  this  object,  so  now,  in  committing  it  to  your 
custody,  on  the  first  anniversary  of  her  death,  I  wish  to 
connect  her  name  witli  it,  and  have  it  remain  as  a  memorial 
of  her  in  such  loving  service  to  Christ. 

May  his  beneficent  care  make  it  like  a  well-spring  in  the 
desert  to  many  a  fainting  heart. 

With  great  respect.  Gentlemen, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

J.  L.  Taylor. 


Andover,  April  3,  1869. 


Seminary  Eecords,  page  330. 


Amount  of  the  fund,  $5,000 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  356. 

The  letter  of  acknowledgment  is  as  follows  : 

To  Dr.  John  L.  Taylor. 
Dear  Sir : 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  June 
28,  1869,  it  was  voted  gratefully  to  accept  the   generous 
donation  of  Dr.  John  L.  Taylor  for  the  establishment  of  a 
fund  to  be  called  the  Memorial  Fund,  and  sacredly  to  keep 


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and  faitlifiilly  use  the  same,  in  the  manner  and  for  tlie  pur- 
poses set  forth  in  your  communication. 

In  acknowledging  an  endowment  so  wisely  devised  and  so 
affectionately  presented,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy 
desire  to  express  to. you  their  appreciation  of  this  new  testi- 
mony of  your  interest  in  the  great  object  of  the  Theological 
Seminary. 

The  sources  from  which  it  has  been  derived,  and  the 
tender  relation  commemorated  by  it,  impart  a  peculiar 
sacredness  to  the  gift,  and  you  will  accept  the  assurance 
hereby  given,  that  the  fund  shall  be  devoted  to  the  ends  to 
which  it  has  been  consecrated  by  the  departed  as  well  as 
the  living.  We  participate  in  the  just  satisfaction  which 
you  experience  in  anticipation  of  the  assistance  which  your 
bounty  will  afford  to  young  men  in  the  present  and  coming 
generations  in  preparing  to  preach  the  gospel  of  our  Lord 
and  Saviour. 

Very  truly  yours, 

S.    SWEETSER. 
Seminary  Records,  page  331. 


1869  — Sept.  11. 
HITCHCOCK    CONTINGENT   FUND. 

Brimfield,  Mass.,  Sept.  11,  1869. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass. 
Gentlemen  : 

The  times  have  so  greatly  changed,  and  the  necessary 
expenses  of  both  Professors  and  Students  have  so  largely 
increased,  since  my  donations  to  the  Theological  Seminary 
under  your  care,  that  I  hereby  add  to  those  gifts  the  sum 
of  forty  thousand  seven  hundred  and  seventy  dollars,  which 
you  will  receive  herewith. 

My  first  object  in  this  donation  is  to  provide  a  Contingent 
Fund,  from  the  income  of  which  you  may  be  able  to  add 


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to  the  salary  already  provided  for  the  Hitchcock  Professor, 
as  you  may  judge  to  be  needful  and  just.  If  now  or  here- 
after the  whole  of  this  income  should  not  be  annually  re- 
quired for  this  object,  I  shall  be  pleased  to  have  it  used  in 
adding  to  the  appropriations  to  students  from  the  Scholarship 
Fund  establish  by  me,  or  in  such  other  aid  to  needy  students 
as  you  may  think  best ;  and  should  any  unexpended  balance 
of  this  Contingent  Fund  still  remain  at  the  close  of  your 
financial  year,  I  consent  to  its  being  used  at  your  discretion 
for  the  general  purposes  of  the  Seminary  or  added  to  the 
principal  of  the  fund  for  its  permanent  increase. 

With  continued  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the  Seminary, 
I  am.  Gentlemen, 

Respectfuly  yours, 

S.  A.  Hitchcock. 

Seminary  Eecords,  page  334. 

Amount  received,  $40,770,  in  Virginia  Funds ;  still  unpro- 
ductive. 

Thco.  Ledger,  page  359. 


1870— May  19. 

rossetp:r  scholarship. 

A  communication  having  been  received  from  Mrs.  C.  H. 
Rosseter,  of  Great  Barrington,  conveying  a  donation  of  one 
thousand  dollars  from  her  late  husband,  Mark  Rosseter,  and 
five  hundred  from  herself,  to  establish  a  scholarship  in  the 
Theological  Seminary,  to  be  called  the  "  Mark  Rosseter  Schol- 
arship," it  was 

Voted^  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  expressed  to  Mrs. 
Rosseter  in  the  usual  form. 


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Following  is  the  letter  received  from  Mrs.  Rosseter. 
Board  of  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen  : 

Mr.  Mark  Rosseter,  late  of  Great  Barrington,  now  deceased, 
having  bequeathed  to  you  tlie  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars 
in  trust,  to  be  paid  at  my  decease,  for  the  founding  of  a 
scholarship  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  your  care, 
I  hereby  relinquish  all  my  interest  in  the  bequest,  and  also 
add  to  it  the  further  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars,  requesting 
your  acceptance  of  the  whole  amount  of  fifteen  hundred 
dollars,  less  the  Government  Tax,  with  the  following  con- 
ditions ;  viz. 

First.  The  entire  sum  shall  be  held  in  trust  by  you  and 
your  successors  forever  as  a  fund,  to  be  called  the  "'  Mark 
Rosseter  Scholarsliip"  ;  and  the  income  only  shall  be  ap- 
plied, at  your  discretion,  to  the  support  of  one  indigent 
student,  a  member  of  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 

Second.  If  the  principal  of  the  fund  shall  at  any  time  be 
diminished  by  unfortunate  investment  or  otherwise,  the  whole 
income  of  the  remainder  shall  be  added  to  the  principal  till 
the  original  amount  is  made  good. 

Respectfully  yours, 

C.  H.   Rosseter,  Adm. 
Great  Barrington,  Mass.,  May  19,  1870. 

Seminary  Records,  page  340. 

Amount  of  Fund,  11500 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  3G7. 


1871— June  26. 
DR.   PEARSON'S  PORTRAIT. 

Voted.,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Board  be  presented  to  the 
family  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Abbott,  an  alumnus  of  the  class  of 
1810,  for  the  valuable  gift  of  the  original  portrait  of  Dr. 
Eliphalet  Pearson. 

Seminary  Records,  page  350. 


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1872  — April  27. 

HITCHCOCK   RELIEF   FUND. 

Whereas  in  the  year  1858  a  donation  was  made  by  me  to 
tlie  Tiieological  Seminary  at  Andover  for  the  purpose  of 
endowing  a  Professorship  of  the  Hebrew  Language  and  Lit- 
erature in  said  Seminary,  and  was  set  apart  by  its  Board 
of  Trustees  for  that  use,  being  designated  in  their  books  as 
the  "  Ilitclicock  Fund  "  and 

Whereas  in  tlie  year  1860  I  made  provision  by  another 
gift  to  said  Seminary,  for  tlie  endowment  of  fifteen  scholar- 
sliips  of  one  tliousand  dollars  each  in  the  same,  to  aid  needy 
students  therein,  said  endowment  being  called  the  "  Hitch- 
cock Scholarship  Fund  "  ;  and 

Whereas  in  the  year  1869  I  also  provided,  by  a  special 
donation  to  said  Seminary,  for  enlarging  the  yearly  income 
to  be  used  for  each  of  the  forgoing  purposes,  and  for  general 
objects  kindred  with  them,  which  donation  said  Trustees 
have  named  the  "  Hitclicock  Contingent  Fund  "  ;  and 

Whereas  in  all  of  tliese  gifts  I  have  sought  to  aid  in 
meeting  the  wants  of  said  Seminary,  incident  to  its  growth 
in  years  to  come,  as  well  as  now,  and  therefore  have  carefully 
indicated  in  the  instruments  conveying  said  gifts  the  main 
objects  for  which  they  have  been  given,  and  the  means  to  be 
used  for  preserving  each  fund  unimpaired  forever : 

Now,  therefore,  in  furtherance  of  the  same  general  objects, 
and  as  a  renewed'  token  of  my  desire  to  aid  in  placing  said 
Seminary  on  yet  stronger  foundation  for  its  great  work,  I, 
Samuel  A.  Hitchcock,  of  Brimfield,  in  the  county  of  Hamp- 
den, and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts,  do  make  this 
additional  provision  by  a  new  gift  to  the  same,  as  herein- 
after described ;  viz. 

L  I  hereby  bind  myself,  my  lieirs,  executors,  and  admin- 
istrators, to  pay  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in 
Andover,  Mass.,  the  Board  of  Trust  in  charge  of  the  Semi- 
nary  aforesaid,   the  sum  of  fifty  thousand   dollars   for  the 


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benefit  of  the  said  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care ; 
and  for  the  custody  and  administration  of  tlie  new  trust 
herein  confided  to  said  Board,  I  hereby  direct: 

II.  That  tbis  gift  be  called,  to  distinguish  it  from  the 
others,  the  "  Hitchcock  Relief  Fund,"  and  that  the  principal 
thereof  be  kept  intact,  and  so  invested  always  as  to  secure 
it  from  any  loss,  the  -income  only  being  used  from  year  to 
year. 

III.  That  if  any  loss  of  principal  shall  occur  the  income 
of  the  fund  be  applied  to  repair  all  loss  before  said  income 
shall  be  considered  available  for  any  other  use. 

IV.  That  if  an  unappropriated  balance  of  income  from  tliis 
fund  shall  remain  at  the  close  of  any  financial  year  in  the 
Seminary,  said  balance  be  at  once  added  to  the  principal, 
and  thenceforth  held  as  a  part  of  the  same. 

V.  That  with  these  guarantees  for  the  safety  of  the  fund, 
the  regular  annual  income  thereof  be  applied  to  promote  the 
object  or  classes  of  objects  herein  specified,  to  wit : 

1.  Out  of  said  income  it  is  my  desire  that  needy  students 
have  relief  as  fully  as  said  Trustees  shall  judge  to  be  wise, 
the  fund  being  for  this  end  primarily  a  new  and  special 
Scholarship  Fund,  so  far  as  the  number  of  needy  students 
or  the  lack  of  other  beneficiary  endowment  in  tlie  Seminary 
may  require  it ;  due  care  being  always  taken  by  the  Trustees 
that  no  portion  of  such  aid  sliall  go  to  unworthy  or  objec- 
tionable persons. 

2.  Any  remainder  of  the  income  of  this  fund  not  so  used 
for  tlie  relief  of  students,  I  authorize  and  desire  the  Trustees 
to  apply  for  the  relief  of  any  special  want  in  any  department 
of  instruction,  or  in  the  support  of  either  old  or  new  instruc- 
tors, such  as  in  the  judgment  of  the  said  Trustees  it  is  lor 
the  time  highly  iMiportant  to  supply  ;  next  to  the  relief  of 
students  I  wish  to  re-enforce  the  working  efficiency  of  the 
whole  course  of  instruction,  by  such  methods  and  in  such 
measure  as  the  Board  of  Trust  may  judge  best. 

3.  Of  any  income  yet  left,  after  expenditures  under  the 
two  foregoing  provisions,  it  is  my  desire  that  the  Board  of 


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Trustees  have  full  discretionary  control  for  any  general  use 
in  making  the  Seminary  a  power  for  good  in  the  world,  by 
means  of  either  intellectual  or  spiritual  appliances,  but  not 
in  providing  buildings,  nor  in  adorning  grounds,  nor  in 
otherwise  enlarging  or  replacing  any  of  its  purely  material 
apparatus,  however  desirable. 

VI.  As  I  may  wish,  if  my  life  should  be  continued  a  little 
longer,  to  pay  over  the  amount  of  this  gift  to  the  Trustees 
aforesaid,  for  the  uses  herein  stated,  before  my  decease,  the 
receipt  of  the  Treasurer  of  said  Board  under  the  seal  of  the 
Corporation,  certifying  that  the  same  has  been  paid  in  full, 
shall  be  taken  and  held  to  be  a  discharge  of  this  obligation 
and  claim  on  my  estate  created  by  this  instrument;  but 
otherwise  the  same  shall  remain  in  full  force  and  virtue,  to 
be  discharged  as  herein  required  l)y  my  heirs,  executors,  and 
administrators,  to  the  full  and  just  satisfaction  of  the  said 
Trustees. 

In  thus  adding  to  tiie  endowment  of  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary at  Andover,  I  am  influenced  by  an  earnest  wish  to  put 
this  portion  of  the  property  which  God  has  intrusted  to  me 
as  his  steward,  where  there  is  the  highest  prospect  of  its 
doing  my  fellow-men  the  most  good,  and  of  advancing  the 
cause  of  Christ  most  widely  and  permanently  ;  in  this  view 
I  earnestly  invoke  upon  it,  with  all  besides,  the  continued 
blessing  of  God,  to  whose  service  and  glory  I  consecrate  it. 
In  witness  of  all  which  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand 
and  seal  this  twenty-scvcntii  day  of  April,  a.d.  1872. 

S.  A.  Hitchcock. 

In  presence  of 

Edward  Dickinson. 
Edward  Taylor. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  354  and  355. 

Fund,  with  income,  now  amounts  to  $51,767.30 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  373. 


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At  a  meeting  of  the  Committee  of  Exigencies,  April  29, 
1872,  after  the  reading  of  this  paper,  and  a  statement  by  the 
Treasurer  that  the  sum  named  therein  had  been  paid  into 
his  hands  in  full  by  Mr.  Hitclicock,  tlie  Committee  united  in 
a  prayer  for  God's  special  blessing  on  this  new  gift,  and  on 
the  benevolent  donor,  who  in  this  offering  gives  such  signal 
proof  of  his  high  sense  of  Christian  stewardship  in  the  prop- 
erty that  has  been  entrusted  to  him ;  and  it  was  then  Voted, 

That,  in  the  name  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
we  hereby  acknowledge  the  receipt  in  full  from  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock of  the  sura  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  named  and  pledged 
in  this  instrument. 

That  the  warmest  thanks  are  due  to  Mr.  Hitchcock  for  this 
great  gift,  and  are  herel^y  tendered  to  him  on  behalf  of  our 
Board  of  Trustees. 

That  we  most  cordially  thank  him  both  for  the  gift,  which 
is  so  generous  and  timely,  and  for  the  manner  of  his  con- 
veying it  in  the  terms  in  which  he  indicated  his  wishes  as 
to  its  use. 

That  he  may  rest  assured  that  our  Board  will  most  gladly 
and  faithfully  hold  the  same  in  grateful  trust,  in  accordance 
with  his  desire. 

That  this  provision  will  give  all  the  guardians,  teachers, 
students,  and  friends  of  the  Seminary  new  hope  and  con- 
fidence ill  its  future  usefulness.     And 

That,  in  gratefully  accepting  it  now  at  his  hands,  we  shall 
rejoice  to  think  of  him  as  happy  with  us  in  the  daily  remem- 
brance of  what  God  has  led  him  to  do,  and  earnestly  praying 
with  us  that  his  gift  may  be  consecrated  in  the  highest  degree 
to  its  ends,  and  may  do  its  great  work  here  on  the  broadest 
scale  in  all  coming  time.     Also, 

Voted,  That  a  copy  of  tliis  acknowledgment  be  at  once 
sent  by  the  Treasurer  to  Mr.  Hitclicock,  under  the  seal  and 
signature  of  the  Corporation,  with  the  assurance  that  the 
earliest  opportunity  will  be  taken  to  inform  the  entire  Board 
of  Trustees  of  his  gift,  and  of  our  action  upon  the  same  in 
their  behalf. 

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1872,  May  25.  Tlie  Board  Voted,  To  accept  the  action  of 
tlie  Committee  of  Exigencies. 

Voted,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  make  a  com- 
munication to  Mr.  Hitchcock  in  belialf  of  tlie  Trustees,  ex- 
pressing tlie  sense  of  this  Board  in  view  of  this  munificent 
gift. 

The  President  of  the  Boai'd  and  Dr.  Fiske  were  appointed 
this  Committee. 

The  Committee  appointed  May  25th  to  make  a  communi- 
cation to  Mr.  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock,  in  behalf  of  the  Trustees, 
in  acknowledging  his  munificent  gift  recently  received,  re- 
ported through  Rev.  Dr.  Fiske. 

Voted,  That  the  Report  be  accepted,  placed  on  record,  and 
communicated  to  the  donor  by  the  Committee. 

The  Report  is  as  follows  : 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  An- 
dover,  May  25,  1872,  an  instrument  was  read  containing  the 
offer  of  fifty  thousand  dollars,  to  be  called  the  "  Hitchcock 
Relief  Fund,"  together  with  the  terms  and  conditions  pre- 
scribed by  the  donor,  Samuel  A.  Hitchcock  of  Brimfield,  for 
the  holding  and  use  of  said  fund ;  and  also  the  action  of  the 
Committee  of  Exigencies,  and  their  votes  in  regard  to  the 
same ;  whereupon  it  was  voted  unanimously,  that  the  Board 
ratify  and  confirm  the  doings  of  the  Committee,  and  accept 
and  adopt  the  Resolutions  by  them  presented  to  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock, and  also  in  their  own  name  tender  to  him  their  grateful 
acknowledgments  for  the  signal  benefits  which  he  by  this  act 
has  conferred  upon  the  Sejainary  under  their  care. 

The  Board  have  recognized  in  the  former  benefactions  of 
Mr.  Hitchcock  an  enlightened  spirit  of  Christian  liberality, 
and  in  this  renewed  expression  of  interest  they  are  laid 
under  new  obligations  to  him. 

The  "  Hitchcock  Relief  Fund,"  thereby  established,  indi- 
cates the  wisdom  and  forethought,  as  well  as  the  religious 
sentiment  of  its  founder.     This  donation  is  of  intrinsic  im- 


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portance  from  its  large  amount,  and  for  the  ample  provision 
it  furnishes  in  aid  of  students  pursuing  the  theological  course. 
It  is  also  of  value  from  the  encouragement  it  affords  to  those 
who  are  engaged  in  the  arduous  duties  of  instruction.  But 
its  chief  value  is  found  in  what  may  be  anticipated  as  its 
results  in  the  present  and  future  generations  in  aiding  the 
work  of  building  up  the  kingdom  of  God  our  Saviour  in 
the  world. 

In  view  of  all  these  considerations  the  Board  beg  leave  to 
congratulate  Mr.  Hitchcock  upon  the  privilege  of  being  the 
almoner  of  such  a  bounty  and  the  promoter  of  ends  so  worthy 
and  beneficent ;  and  for  themselves  and  all  the  friends  of  the 
Seminary,  and  of  the  church  of  our  Lord,  they  present  him 
their  cordial  thanks,  with  tlie  ardent  desire  and  prayer  that 
lie  may  enjoy  the  fulness  of  divine  blessing,  both  in  this  life 
and  in  that  which  is  to  come. 

(Signed)  S.  Sweetser. 

D.  T.  FiSKE. 

Seininary  llocords,  pages  356  and  357. 


1872  — Jime  17. 

RICE    SCHOLARSHir   FUND. 

A  scholarship  was  presented  to  tlie  Theological  Seminary 
through  Rev.  Dr.  Wellman,  from  a  nameless  donor,  to  be 
called  the  "  Hice  Scholarship  Fund." 

Voted,  That  it  be  accepted,  with  acknowledgments  in  the 
usual  form. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 

Academy  in  Andover,  Mass. 

Gentlemen  : 

One  thousand  dollars    are   lierewith   contributed   for  the 

endowment  of  a  scholarship   in  the  Theological  Seminary 

under  your  care.     You  are  requested   to  accept  this  sum. 


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and  hold  it  in  sacred  trust  as  a  permenent  endowment,  under 
the  name  of  the  "  Rice  Scholarship  Fund." 

It  is  the  desire  of  the  contributor  that  this  endowment 
shall  be  kept  forever  intact,  and  that  the  entire  income  from 
it  shall  be  applied,  from  year  to  year,  to  aid  some  member 
of  the  Seminary,  selected  by  the  Faculty  and  your  Committee 
of  Exigencies,  in  securing  a  Theological  education  as  a  pre- 
paration for  the  Chi'istian  ministry. 

Should  any  loss,  however,  of  principal  in  this  fund  ever 
occur,  it  is  desired  that  appropriations  to  students  be  sus- 
pended until  such  loss  is  made  up  out  of  the  annual  income, 
and  also  that  in  case  the  annual  income  is  not  used  for  the 
purpose  of  keeping  the  income  intact,  and  is  not  given  to 
any  student  for  any  year,  it  shall  be  added  to  the  principal 
as  a  permanoit  increase  of  the  fund. 

It  is  also  desired  that  the  students  selected  to  receive  aid 
from  this  fund  shall  be  from  among  the  more  promising  in 
character,  general  ability,  and  scholarship,  as  well  as  from 
among  the  more  needy,  and  that  they  shall  be  strictly  evan- 
gelical in  their  religious  faith  ;  and  also,  if  possible,  that  the 
same  student  shall  continue  to  receive  the  income  of  this  en- 
dowment through  the  three  years  of  his  theological  course. 

This  scholarship  is  founded  in  grateful  memory  of  a 
beloved  Christian  mother,  and  with  prayer  to  God  that  his 
blessing  may  follow  the  oifering,  and  also  rest  in  large 
measure  upon  all  those  who  in  future  years  shall  receive 
aid  from  it,  and  that  he  may  cause  it  to  contribute  some- 
thing towards  the  promised  triumph  of  the  gospel  of  Christ 
in  the  world. 

For  the  donor, 

J.  W.  Wellman. 

Seminary  Records,  page  .^57. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  377. 


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1873  — March  17. 

GREENOUGH  SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

The  Treasurer  communicated  a  scholarship  from  an  anony- 
mous donor  through  Prof.  J.  H.  Thayer,  to  be  called  the 
"  Greenough  Scholarship  Fund,"  in  memory  of  the  Rev. 
William  Greenough,  formerly  Pastor  of  the  West  Church  in 
Newton. 

Voted,  To  accept  the  same,  with  the  usual  acknowledg- 
ments. 

PROFESSOR   THAYER'S   LETTER. 

To  tlie  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
Phillips  Academy. 
Gentlemen : 
It  gives  me  pleasure  to  transmit  to  you  the  enclosed  sura 
of  fifteen  hundred  dollars,  which  has  been  handed  me,  with 
the  request  that  you  invest  and  hold  it  as  a  fund,  to  be 
known  as  the  "  Greenough  Fund,"  in  memory  of  the  Rev. 
William  Greenough,  formerly  pastor  of  the  West  Church  in 
Newton. 

It  is  the  donor's  wish  that  the  entire  income  of  the  above 
fund  be  expended,  from  year  to  year,  in  aiding  some  needy 
student  or  students,  of  marked  talents  and  piety,  connected 
with  the  Theological  Seminary  under  your  charge. 

In  the  event  of  the  diminution  of  said  fund  in  any  way, 
so  much  of  its  income  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  purpose 
is  to  be  applied  to  make  up  the  deficit,  that  so  the  fund 
may  remain  a  lasting  memorial  of  one  who  in  his  life-time 
was  conspicuous  as  a  wise  patron  of  worthy  candidates  for 
the  Christian  ministry. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  most  respectfully, 

Your  obedient  servant, 

J.  Henry  Thayer. 
Andover,  Mass.,  Sept.  6,  1872. 

Seminary  Records,  page  362. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  378. 


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1873  — March  17. 

TAYLOR   PROFESSORSHIP   OF   BIBLICAL   THEOLOGY. 

F.  H.  Taylor   legacy   for   Taylor   Professorship  of  Biblical 

Theology. 

The  will  of  Frederick  H.  Taylor,  son  of  Prof.  John  L. 
Taylor  was  read,  bequeathing  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy  a  certain  amount  of  property  —  the  amount  as  yet 
unknown  —  under  certain  ])rovisions,  having  reference  to 
the  possible  future  endowment  of  a  new  Professorship  in  the 
Theological  Seminary. 

Voted.  Tliat  the  acknowledgments  of  the  Board  be  pre- 
sented to  Prof.  Taylor, 

EXTRACT  FROM  THE  WILL  OF  F.  H.  TAYLOR. 
(Dated  Sept.  6,  1872.) 

Item  4.  "  With  the  full  and  hearty  consent  of  my  father, 
from  whom  most  of  my  property  was  received,  and  who 
would  be  my  natural  and  legal  heir,  I  give  and  bequeath  all 
the  residue  of  my  estate,  of  whatever  kind,  to  the  Trustees 
of  Phillips  Academy,  in  my  native  place,  Andover,  Mass.,  as 
the  beginning  of  a  special  fund  for  the  endowment  of  a  new 
Professorship  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care  ; 
said  Professorship  to  be  known  as  the  "  Taylor  Professorship 
of  Biblical  Theology,"  unless  the  Trustees  shall  judge  that 
a  chair  in  some  other  department  is  more  needed  and  will 
be  more  useful,  in  which  case  they  may  so  designate  and 
set  apart  this  endowment,  with  whatever  increase  shall 
accrue  under  their  discretion  by  means  of  interest  on  the 
same,  or  by  means  of  any  addition  thereto  by  any  member 
of  our  family,  sooner  or  later. 

"  In  making  this  provision  I  am  influenced  especially  by 
the  desire  to  have  some  faithful  and  earnest  Christian  man 
laboring  in  my  name  and  in  my  stead  to  advance  Christ's 
work,  and   this  not  for  one   life-time  only,  but  as  long  as 


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tliere  may  be  Christian  work  to  be  done  in  the  world  ;  and 
I  request  the  Trustees  to  organize  and  administer  this  Pro- 
fessorship whensoever  the  fund  shall  be  sufficient  for  it, 
under  sucli  rules  and  for  sucli  ends  as  will  in  tlieir  judgment 
make  it,  through  all  time  to  come,  in  the  largest  degree 
useful  to  tlie  church  and  to  the  world." 

Seminary  Records,  page  363. 

Increased  by  income  and  subsequent  donations  from  members 
of  the  family  to  1^36,405.41. 

Thco.  Ledger,  page  394. 

For  the  Statutes  of  Taylor  Professorship  of  Biblical  Theology 
see  page  338. 

1876  — October  11. 

Whereas  in  lb72  Frederick  11.  Taylor  by  will  made  the 
Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  residuary  legatees  of  his  estate, 
and  wiiereas  there  appears  upon  tiie  books  of  said  Trustees, 
from  payments  and  accrued  interest  thereon,  the  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars  to  the  credit  of  the  P.  H.  Taylor  Fund  : 

Voted,  That  we  accept  of  said  sum  as  a  satisfactory  settle- 
ment of  said  estate,  and  hereby  authorize  our  Treasurer  to 
join  in  the  request  that  the  first  and  final  account  of  the 
executor  may  be  allowed  without  further  notice. 

Seminary  Records,  ])age  41.5. 


1873— June  30. 

LEGACY   OF   MRS.   SARAH   HOOPER. 

The  Treasurer  reported  a  bequest  of  one  thousand  dollars 
from  Mrs.  Sarah  Hooper,  late  of  Beverly. 

Extract  from  will  of  Mrs.  Hooper  : 

Item  Second.  "  I  hereby  give  and  bequeath  to  the  Theo- 
logical Institution  at  Andover,  the  sum  of  one  tliou- 
sand  dollars,  the  same  to  be  in  full  payment  of  my 
note,  now  held  by  the  Treasurer  of  said  Institution." 


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No  one  having  any  knowledge  of  the  existence  of  a  note, 
as  referred  to  by  Mrs.  Hooper,  the  executor,  with  the  consent 
of  the  heirs,  paid  the  one  thousand  dollars,  January  9,  1873, 
and  it  was  added  to  the  Seminary  Fund. 

Seminary  Records,  page  367. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  239. 


1873  — June  30. 

PORTRAIT   OF   DR.  EDWARD   DORR   GRIFFIN. 

The  Treasurer  reported  that  a  portrait  of  Dr.  Griffin  had 
been  received,  and  placed  in  the  Library ;  it  was 

Voted^  That  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  be  extended  to  the 
donors,  through  Rev.  Dr.  Crawford  of  Deerfield,  himself  a 
contributor. 

Seminary  Records,  page  368. 


1875. 

NEW    CHAPEL. 

Early  in  1875  members  of  the  Faculty  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  became  interested  in  the  effort  to  obtain  subscrip- 
tions for  the  erection  of  a  New  Chapel,  with  such  measure 
of  success  that  at  a  Trustees  meeting,  April  5,  1875,  it  was 

Voted ^  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  secure  plans 
and  careful  estimates  for  the  New  Cliapel,  and  report  at  the 
adjourned  meeting. 

At  a  meeting  April  22,  1875,  a  Report  was  made  of  plan 
and  estimates,  and  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  Board  are  ready  to  proceed  with  the 
building  of  a  Chapel,  provided  the  Treasury  is  not  drawn 
upon  for  an  amount  exceeding  the  amount  of  the  "  Con- 
struction Funds,"  so  called. 


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In  accordance  with  this  vote,  the  Trustees  began  work 
upon  the  foundations  laid  in  1865,  on  the  seventeenth  day 
of  May,  1875.  The  corner-stone  was  laid  July  1,  1875,  and 
the  building  was  dedicated  October  2,  1876. 

Total  cost  of  the  building  and  fixtures,  $46,333.24 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  305. 


The  contributors  of  one 

hundred  dollars  and 

upwards  are 

as  follows  : 

William  A.  Russell,  Esq., 

Lawrence, 

$5,000 

Samuel  D.  Warren,  Esq., 

Boston, 

1,000 

Hon.  Alpheus  Hardy, 

(( 

1,000 

William  0.  Grover,  Esq., 

a 

1,000 

Hon.  George  L.  Davis, 

North  Andover, 

1,000 

Ebenezer  Alden,  M.D., 

Randolph, 

1,000 

David  Whitcomb,  Esq., 

Worcester, 

1,000 

George  Ripley,  Esq., 

Andover, 

1,000 

William  G.  Means,  Esq., 

Boston, 

1,000 

Miss  E.  Davis, 

Newton, 

600 

J.  Henry  Whitcomb,  Esq., 

Worcester, 

500 

John  Byers,  Esq., 

New  York, 

500 

Roland  Hazard,  Esq., 

Providence,  R.  I., 

500 

A.  C.  Barstow,  Esq., 

u 

500 

W.  F.  Sayles,  Esq., 

ii 

500 

Joseph  N.  Bacon,  Esq., 

Newton  Corner, 

500 

Mrs.  M.  F.  Ames, 

Haverhill, 

500 

Henry  J.  Stowe,  Esq., 

Providence,  R.  I.. 

500 

John  Field,  Esq., 

Boston, 

500 

Ezra  Farnsworth,  Esq., 

a 

500 

C.  P.  and  Paul  Whitiii, 

Whitinsville, 

500 

A.  L.  Williston, 

Florence, 

500 

Joseph  W.  Smith,  Esq., 

Andover, 

500 

Edward  Taylor, 

(( 

500 

W.  F.  Draper, 

(i 

500 

Prof.  J.  L.  Taylor, 

(( 

500 

Prof.  J.  Henry  Thayer, 

(( 

500 

Prof.  Charles  M.  Mead, 

(( 

500 

42 


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Prof.  J.  Wesley  Churchill, 
Mrs.  Sophia  K.  Tufts, 
Edward  Buck,  Esq., 
Ladies  Furnishing  Fund, 
Stephen  N.  Stockwell,  Esq.. 
John  H.  South  worth,  Esq., 
Dr.  A.  H.  Jolnison, 
Prof.  Egbert  C.  Smyth, 
David  N.  Skillings,  Esq., 
Santuel  Johnson,  Esq., 
Stephen  A.  Holt,  Esq., 
Cummings  and  Sears, 
Charles  L.  Thomas,  Esq., 
Daniel  E.  Day,  Esq., 
S.  S.  Sprague,  Esq., 
Mrs.  F.  H.  Chamberlain, 
Mrs.  Russell  Daniels, 
A.  G.  Cumnock,  Esq., 
Joseph  H.  Towne,  Esq., 
Richard  P.  Waters,  Esq., 
A.  D.  Lockwood,  Esq., 
Royal  C.  Taft,  Esq., 
Anthony  B.  Arnold,  Esq., 
J.  William  Rice,  Esq., 
John  L.  Draper,  Esq., 
George  L.  Claflin,  Esq., 
F.  W.  Carpenter,  Esq., 
Rev.  E.  K.  Alden,  D.D., 
A.  and  S,  B.  Allyn, 
James  H.  Newton,  Esq., 
S.  G.  Mack,  Esq., 
Henry  Mason,  Esq., 
Rev.  Jesse  Page, 
Miss  S.  A.  Wallace, 
Rev.  C.  F.  P.  Bancroft, 
Holbrook  Chandler, 
Luke  K.  Bowers, 


Andover, 

.1500 

a 

300 

n 

300 

a 

265 

Boston, 

250 

Springfield, 

250 

Salem, 

225 

Andover, 

200 

Winchester, 

200 

Boston, 

200 

a 

200 

u 

200 

Providence,  R.  I., 

200 

(( 

200 

(( 

200 

a 

150 

Georgetown, 

100 

Lowell, 

100 

Salem, 

100 

(; 

100 

Providence,  R.I., 

100 

li 

100 

a 

100 

u 

100 

u 

100 

li 

100 

iC 

100 

Boston, 

100 

Holyoke, 

100 

(( 

100 

Lowell, 

100 

Boston, 

100 

Atkinson,  N.  H., 

100 

Andover, 

100 

a 

100 

a 

100 

u 

100 

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Rev.  S.  F.  Beard's  estate, 

Andover, 

8100 

Rev.  S.  C.  Jackson, 

(( 

100 

James  A.  Roberts, 

Boston, 

100 

Rev.  J.  L.  R.  Trask, 

Springfield, 

100 

Rev.  F.  H.  Johnson, 

Andover, 

100 

Mrs.  E.  S.  Buckley-MatUew, 

London, 

100 

Miss  M.  L.  Abbe, 

Albany,  N.Y., 

100 

Rev.  George  W.  Kelley, 

Haverhill, 

100 

Moses  How,  Esq., 

(k 

100 

F.  L.  Church, 

Andover, 

100 

Charles  L.  Carter, 

(( 

100 

Mrs.  H.  N.  Fay, 

(( 

100 

T.  W.  Nickerson, 

(( 

100 

Leonard  Richardson,  Esq. 

New  York, 

100 

Rev.  Joseph  Emerson, 

Andover, 

100 

Peter  Smith  (Organ), 

u 

2,300 

John  Dove  (Rose  Window), 

ii. 

900 

The  Misses  Dove  (Memorial  Window),  Andover, 

700 

1877— March  19. 


HOLBROOK   SCHOLARSHIP  FUND. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen : 

1  desire  to  take  some  part  in  aiding  able  and  godly  young- 
men  in  preparing  for  the  Christian  ministry.  I  therefore  ask 
you  to  accept  and  hold  in  sacred  trust  one  thousand  dollars 
as  a  fund,  to  be  denominated,  in  memory  of  my  deceased 
husband,  Caleb  Strong  Holbrook,  the  "  Holbrook  Fund." 

And  my  desire  is  that  one  fifth  of  the  annual  income  of 
this  sum  of  one  thousand  dollars,  shall  be  added  every  year 
to  the  principal,  and  the  remaining  four  fifths  of  the  annual 
income  of  one  thousand  dollars  shall  be  used  in  defraying 
the  necessary  expenses  of  some  young  man  or  young  men 
who  may  desire  to  prepare  for  the  Christian  ministry  in  the 


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Academy  or  Theological  Seminary  under  your  care.  And 
I  I'equest  that  those  selected  to  receive  aid  from  this  fund 
shall  be  not  only  in  actual  need  of  such  aid,  but  also  of 
positive  evangelical  faith,  and  of  good  promise  in  character, 
ability,  scholarship,  and  personal  address. 

Should  no  such  young  man  be  found  for  any  period  of 
time  to  be  aided  by  this  fund,  I  desire  that  the  entire  income 
for  such  period  of  time  shall  be  added  to  the  principal,  and 
it  is  my  wish  that  these  additions  to  the  principal,  and  those 
which  I  have  mentioned  above,  shall  continue  to  be  made 
until  the  fund  shall  amount  to  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars;  after  that  the  principal  may  be  increased  by  such  addi- 
tions or  not,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Trustees. 

When  the  fund  shall  amount  to  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars  I  desire  that  it  shall  still  be  used  in  aiding  such 
young  men  as  I  have  described  above  in  preparing  for  the 
ministry,  or  to  found  some  Professorship  or  Professorships 
in  the  Theological  Seminary  now  under  your  care ;  or  to  aid 
in  some  efficient  manner,  according  to  the  best  judgment 
of  those  who  shall  then  be  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  in 
carrying  out  the  high  and  holy  purposes  for  which  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  was  founded. 

But  the  sum,  at  least,  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars 
shall  be  kept  intact,  and  only  the  income  shall  be  expended. 

And  should  a  Professorship  or  Professorships  be  founded, 
the  Professor  or  Professors  placed  upon  the  foundation  shall, 
at  the  time  of  inauguration,  and  from  time  to  time  after- 
wards, subscribe  to  such  a  declaration  of  faith,  as  that  to 
which  the  Professors  now  in  the  Seminary  are  required  to 
give  assent. 

I  desire  to  reserve  for  myself,  during  my  life,  the  privi- 
lege of  nominating  the  young  man  who  sliall  receive  aid 
from  this  fund  ;  but  in  case  I  make  no  nomination,  I  request 
that  the  appointment  shall  be  made  under  the  direction  of 
the  Faculty  of  the  Seminary  and  your  Committee  of  Exi- 
gencies. 

Finally,  upon  this  little  gift,  which  I  devote  to  the  service 


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of  God,  under  your  trust,  I  humbly  invoke  the  blessing  of 
the  Lord  Jesus,  my  Saviour. 

With  sincere  respect,  I  subscribe  myself, 

Yours  in  the  service  of  Christ, 

Prudence  Durfee  Holbrook, 
Holbrook,  Mass.,  Feb.  ,5,  1877. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  returned  in  the 
usual  form  to  Mrs.  Prudence  Durfee  Holbrook,  in  grateful 
acknowledgment  of  her  letter  of  February  5, 1877,  conveying 
to  the  Trustees  the  "  Holbrook  Fund  "  of  one  thousand  dol- 
lars, and  the  conditions  and  use  of  the  same. 

Seminary  Records,  page  391  and  392. 

Present  amount,  11,089.83 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  408. 


1877  — June  25. 

LEGACY   OF  JOHN   DOVE,   ESQ. 

A  communication  received  from  the  Executors  of  the  will 
of  the  late  John  Dove  of  Andover,  announcing  the  bequest 
of  ten  thousand  dollars,  on  certain  conditions,  and  their 
readiness  to  pay  the  same  to  such  person  as  the  Trustees 
may  authorize  to  receive  and  receipt  for  the  same. 

Voted,  That  the  fund  of  ten  thousand  dollars  bequeathed 
by  the  late  John  Dove  for  the  support  of  the  Library  be 
accepted  on  the  conditions  named  in  the  will  of  Mr.  Dove, 
and  that  the  Treasurer  be  authorized  to  receive  the  same, 
and  give  the  receipt  required  by  the  Executors. 

Andover,  June  19,  1879. 

To  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  in  Andover. 
Gentlemen  : 

The  second  item  of  the  will  of  John  Dove,  late  of  Andover, 
is  as  follows : 

"  I  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  in  An- 
dover ten  thousand  dollars  as  a  fund,  the  income  of  which 


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shall  ever  be  applied  to  the  support  of  the  Library  in  Brechin 
Hall ;  but  this  bequest  is  made  subject  to  the  following  con- 
ditions, to  wit :  tiie  said  Trustees  shall  ever  keep  my  tomb 
in  their  cemetery  in  good  repair  at  the  charge  of  this  fund, 
paying  any  and  all  expenses  which  may  arise  in  so  doing 
from  the  income  thereof;  they  shall  cause  the  door  of  the 
tomb  to  be  painted  once  in  each  year,  and  the  grass  and 
gravel  about  the  tomb  to  be  put  in  good  order  and  condition 
once  in  each  month,  from  May  to  October  every  year." 

We  now  beg  to  inform  you  that,  upon  your  passing  a  vote 
agreeing  to  receive  this  legacy  for  the  purposes,  cyid  subject 
to  the  conditions  on  which  it  was  given,  we  are  ready  to  pay 
the  said  legacy  to  such  person  as  you  may  by  vote  authorize 
to  receive  and  give  a  good  receipt  for  the  same. 
Respectfully  yours, 

G.  W.  W.  Dove, 

Isabella  Dove, 

Executors  of  will  of  John  Dove. 

Voted,  That  Mr.  Bancroft  and  Mr.  Ropes  communicate  to 
the  family  of  the  late  John  Dove  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees, 
and  their  appreciation  of  Mr.  Dove's  repeated  gifts. 

Seminary  Records,  page  397. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  414. 


1877— December  31. 

PORTKAIT    OF   PKOF.  EMERSON. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  returned  to  Ralph 
Emerson,  Esq.,  for  the  gift  of  the  portrait  of  his  father,  Prof. 
Emerson. 


1878  — June  18. 

PORTRAIT   OF  JOHN   SMITH,  ESQ. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  tendered  to  Mr. 
John  Smith  for  a  portrait  of  himself,  deposited  in  Brechin 
Hall. 


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LEGACY    OF   REV.   SETH   SWEETSER,  D.D. 

Extract  from  his  will : 

Item  Six.  "  In  accordance  with  an  agreement  with  my 
beloved  wife  before  her  decease,  I  give  to  the  Trustees  of 
Philips  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  the  sum  of  one  tliousand 
dollars,  to  be  held  by  them  as  a  scholarship  fund,  the  income 
of  which  shall  be  devoted  to  defraying  the  expenses  of  a 
student  in  the  Theological  Seminary,  and  under  such  re- 
strictions and  regulations  as  said  Trustees  apply  to  other 
students  receiving  aid. 

"  And  it  is  my  will  that  preference  shall  be  given  to  any 
student,  in  the  judgment  of  said  Trustees  worthy  of  the 
same,  who  shall  be  a  member  of  the  church  in  Worcester 
of  which  I  am  pastor,  and  that  said  Worcester  students  so 
receiving  aid  shall  sign  a  receipt  for  the  same  in  a  book 
kept  by  the  Treasurer. 

"And  if  the  expenses  of  an  education  in  the  Seminary  shall 
hereafter  increase,  so  that  the  income  of  one  thousand  dollars 
shall  not  be,  in  the  opinion  of  said  Trustees,  an  adequate 
annual  assistance,  they  may,  at  their  discretion,  add  the 
income  to  the  principal  until  it  is  sufficient  to  yield  annually 
the  desired  amount,  excepting  only  that  no  such  addition 
shall  be  made  to  the  principal  while  aid  is  needed  by  any 
such  church  member  above  specified." 

Seminary  Records,  page  408. 

Amount  received,  August  7,  1878,  $1,000 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  420. 


LEGACY   OF   MISS  MARY   CAMPBELL. 

A  letter  was  read  from  William  A.  Crowell,  Salem,  N.  H., 
Executor  of  estate  of  Miss  Mary  Campbell  of  Salem,  N.  H., 
concerning  her  legacy  to  the  Theological  Seminary  ;  and  the 
Board  voted  authority  to  Mr.  Edward  Taylor,  Treasurer,  to 
receive  the  legacy,  and  give  all  necessary  acquittances  and 


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discharges  therefor,  including  a  bond  to  save  such  Executor 
harmless  in  paying  over  said  legacy,  in  case  it  should  be 
required. 

Extract  from  will : 

Item  Second.  "  I  give  and  bequeath  all  of  my  personal 
and  real  estate,  of  every  description,  after  the  payment  of 
my  just  debts,  to  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  to  be 
appropriated  for  the  benefit  of  missions." 

Seminary  Records,  page  408. 

1885,  May  1.  Fund,  with  income,  now  amounts  to,  13,907.08 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  318. 


1878  — June  24. 

DONATION   OF   HENRY   WINKLEY,  ESQ. 

Mr.  Taylor,  Treasurer,  reported  receipt  of  a  gift  of  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars  from  Mr.  Henry  Winkley,  of  Pliiladel- 
phia.  The  letter  of  Mr.  Winkley,  conveying  his  gift,  was 
read,  and  ordered  upon  the  records ;  viz. 

Philadelphia,  June  15,  1878. 

Rev.   Egbert  C.  Smyth,  President  of  Andover  Theological 
Seminary. 

Dear  Sir : 
I  have  Mr.  C.  F.  P.  Bancroft's  favor  of  12th  inst.,  with 
Catalogue  and  statement  of  funds. 

I  hereby  hand  you  check,  this  date,  to  order  of  Edward 
Taylor,  Treasurer,  on  National  Bank  of  Commerce,  in  New 
York,  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  ($25,000),  for  the 
benefit  and  purposes  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  as 
the  Trustees  may  think  best. 

Yours  truly, 

Henry  Winkley. 

Voted,  That  the  Trustees  accept  the  gift  on  the  terms 
stated  in  the  letter  conveying  it. 


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Voted,  That  the  Clerk  be  instructed  to  convey  tlie  thanks 
of  the  Board  in  form  as  follows  ;  viz. 

Board  of  Trustees  of  Andover  Phillips  Academy  and 
Theological  Seminary,  Andover,  June  24,  1878. 

Henry  Winkley,  Esq.  "^ 

Dear  Sir  : 

While  in  session  on  the  17tli  inst.,  Professor  E.  C.  Smyth, 
President  of  the  Faculty  of  the  Theological  Seminary,  handed 
us  yours  of  the  15th  inst.,  answering  the  letter  of  Dr.  C.  F.  P. 
Bancroft,  Principal  of  Phillips  Academy,  written  on  the  12th 
inst,  and  enclosing  your  check  on  the  Bank  of  Commerce, 
New  York,  for  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  for  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  the  Theological  Seminary  under  our  care.  This 
unexpected,  welcome,  and  generous  gift  came  at  a  time 
when  we  were  looking  earnestly  for  some  friend  to  aid  us  in 
a  most  needed  work  in  our  Theological  department.  It  was 
a  most  opportune  benefaction.  We  recognize  in  this  act  of 
yours  the  spirit  of  the  wise  founders  of  the  institution,  and 
the  hand  of  Him  who  has  so  wonderfully  led  and  blessed  the 
Seminary  from  the  beginning,  now  more  than  three  tcore 
and  ten  years.  God  has  been  with  us  as  with  the  fathers. 
The  following  was  to-day  unanimously  adopted  by  this 
Board : 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Board  be  tendered  to  Henry 
Winkley,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  for  his  generous  gift  of 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  the  Theological  Seminary 
under  our  care,  and  that  the  Clerk  be  authorized  to  forward 
this  vote  accepting  the  gift  to  Mr.  Winkley,  accompanied  by 
a  letter,  expressing  more  fully  our  cordial  appreciation  of  his 
noble  charity. 

Voted,  That  the  President  and  the  Clerk  be  instructed  to 
convey  the  vote  by  the  Board  in  person,  at  their  discretion. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  410  and  411. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  418. 
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STATUTES   OF   THE   PROFESSOR   OF   BIBLICAL 
THEOLOGY. 

Dr.  Fiske  reported  on  the  Taylor  Professorship  of  Biblical 
Theology  the  following  Statutes  which  were  accepted  and 
adopted. 

Whereas  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Frederick  H. 
Taylor  (see  page  326),  late  of  Dansville,  New  York  (dying, 
after  a  short  illness,  at  his  father's  house  in  Andover),  his 
estate  was  bequeathed  principally  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy,  to  commence  tlie  endowment  of  a  chair  of  Biblical 
Theology  in  the  Theological  Seminary  under  their  care ; 
and  whereas  the  said  will  was  necessarily  general  in  its 
terms,  and  contained  no  specific  directions  with  regard  to 
the  proposed  chair. 

Now  therefore,  the  Board  of  Trustees,  gratefully  accepting 
the  gift  and  trust  so  committed  to  them,  and  impressed  with 
a  deep  sense  of  tlie  importance  of  such  an  addition  to  the 
course  of  instruction  hitherto  pursued  in  this  Seminary,  do 
hereby  formally  establish  the  chair  contemplated  in  the  said 
bequest,  under  the  Statutes  herein-after  named  ;  to  wit: 

Article  1.  The  Professorship  thus  founded  shall  be  known 
as  the  "  Taylor  Professorship  of  Biblical  Theology " ;  the 
original  legacy,  and  all  accruing  income  on  the  same,  being 
specially  set  apart  henceforth  as  an  endowment  for  the  use 
of  this  chair,  together  with  any  similar  gifts  or  bequests 
otherwise  contributed  for  the  same  purpose,  until  the  endow- 
ment shall  in  the  judgment  of  the  Board  be  adequate  for  the 
object. 

Article  2.  The  endowment  fund  thus  obtained  shall  be 
kept  by  the  Board  forever  intact  and  distinct  from  other 
endowments  of  the  Seminary,  the  income  thereof  only  being 
expended  for  the  current  and  proper  work  of  the  chair  from 
year  to  year ;  and  said  income  itself  being  always  added  to 
the  principal  lor  the  time  being  whenever  the  chair  shall 
be  for  any  reason  vacant. 

Article  3.    By    a   chair   of  Biblical  Theology  the   Board 


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iinderstand  the  founder,  and  those  of  whom  he  took  counsel, 
to  have  meant  a  chair  for  the  instruction,  by  lectures  and 
otherwise,  in  the  structure,  the  history,  the  inspiration,  and 
tlie  contents  of  the  Bible,  and  more  especially  in  its  distinc- 
tive teachings,  as  these  centre  in  and  radiate  from  the  person 
and  kingdom  of  Christ  throughout  the  Old  Testament  and 
the  New ;  their  gradual  unfolding  in  promise,  type,  proph- 
ecy, parable,  historic  fact,  and  apocalyptic  vision  ;  their 
unity ;  their  essential  harmony  and  scope ;  their  practical 
and  spiritual  applications.  Such  instruction  will  necessarily 
and  properly  give  much  prominence  to  the  revelations  of  the 
Old  Testament,  though  not  confined  to  them,  and  always 
recognizing  the  Old  Testament  as  the  living  germ  of  tlie 
New,  and  the  New  as  the  fruit  and  complement  of  the  Old, 
and  inseparable  from  it.  And  we  hold  this  new  chair 
sacredly  devoted  in  its  aim  and  work  to  the  unfolding  of 
this  many-sided  teaching  of  God's  word  in  its  fullest  variety 
and  breadth. 

Article  4.  In  order  to  the  proper  variety  and  flexibility 
as  well  as  continuity  of  instruction  in  this  chair,  the  Professor 
in  the  same  shall  distribute  his  labors  duly,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Board,  through  the  several  years  of  study  required 
in  the  Seminary,  giving  his  instruction  at  such  time,  and  so 
far  consecutively,  as  may  best  secure  the  interest  of  the 
classes. 

Article  5.  For  a  department  so  related  at  many  points 
to  the  other  departments  of  study  here,  and  so  broad  and 
rich  in  itself,  the  Trustees  deem  it  an  essential  condition  of 
all  instruction  in  this  chair  that  tlie  Professor  in  the  same 
be  accustomed  to  the  use  of  the  Hebrew  and  Greek  tongues 
in  his  study  of  God's  word,  and  they  deem  it  advisable  that 
he  should  have  had  an  experience  of  several  years  in  a 
pastorate,  and  that  he  be  familiar  by  study  and  travel  with 
the  lands  of  the  Bible,  and  that  he  have  both  experience  and 
aptness  in  the  exposition  of  the  Scriptures,  as  well  as  the 
usual  and  more  general  qualifications  which  fit  one  to  be  the 
recognized  peer  of  his  colleagues  in  the  work  of  instruction. 


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Article  6.  The  chair  of  Biblical  Theology  thus  endowed 
and  regulated  is  entitled  to  Ije,  and  is  hereby  declared  to  be, 
entirely  co-ordinate  with  the  various  other  chairs  heretofore 
established  in  this  Seminary,  and  shall  be  subject  in  its 
administration  to  the  same  general  rules  with  them  ;  accord- 
ingly, the  Professor  on  this  foundation  shall  be  elected  by 
the  Trustees  aforesaid,  and  shall  be  approved  by  the  Board 
of  Visitors,  also  in  said  Seminary,  as  the  Statutes  require  in 
the  case  of  the  other  Professors,  and  shall  be,  equally  with 
the  others,  amenable  to  the  Trustees  and  Visitors  in  all  his 
official  relations  and  duties ;  and  the  second,  third,  fourth, 
fifth,  and  sixth  Articles  in  the  Associate  Statutes,  so  called, 
of  said  Seminary,  relating  to  the  Professors  on  tliat  founda- 
tion, shall  severally  and  expressly  be  in  force  relating  to  this 
Professor  equally  with  the  Associate  Professor. 

Article  7.  Unless  in  the  administration  of  this  trust,  after 
long  trial  of  the  chair  herein  named,  it  shall  become  the 
manifest  right  and  duty  of  the  Board,  under  a  provision  of 
the  will  of  the  founder,  to  use  this  endowment  in  supporting 
a  chair  of  instruction  in  some  more  important  department 
than  this,  no  material  change  of  the  object  and  tenor  of  the 
statutes  shall  ever  be  made ;  nor  even  then,  except  for  the 
one  express  purpose  of  substituting  for  this  Professorship 
of  Biblical  Theology  some  more  useful  Professorship,  distinct, 
like  this,  from  other  Professorships  in  the  Seminary,  and 
co-ordinate  with  them. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  411-413. 


1878  — October  9. 

PROPOSALS   FROM   MRS.  VALERIA   G.  STONE. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Willcox  appeared  before  the  Board,  and  made 
a  statement  concerning  the  endowment  of  the  Professorship 
of  Science  and  Theology. 

October  11.  Rev.  W.  H.  Willcox  appeared  before  the 
Board,  and   renewed  the    proposition    made   to   the  Board 


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October  9,  witli  certain  additions,  making  the  full  proposition 
on  behalf  of  Mrs.  Valeria  G.  Stone,  of  Maiden,  as  follows  ;  viz. 

1.  To  give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  the  sum 
of  fifty  thousand  dollars  to  found  the  ^  Stone  Professorship 
of  the  Relations  of  Theology  to  the  other  Sciences." 

2.  To  give  to  the  Trustees  an  additional  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  on  condition  that  previous  to  June  5, 1879, 
the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  be  raised,  either  for  Phillips 
Academy  or  the  Theological  Seminary,  or  partly  for  each,  in 
addition  to  all  subscriptions  already  obtained  for  the  Phillips 
Academy  Centennial  Fund. 

3.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars  thus 
given  and  the  fifty  thousand  dollars  required  to  be  raised  by 
subscriptions,  fifty  thousand  dollars  is  to  be  used  for  the 
purposes  of  Phillips  Academy,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars  (including  the  Professorship)  for  the  pur- 
poses of  the  Theological  Seminary. 

4.  The  interest  on  the  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  Pro- 
fessorship will  be  paid  from  the  date  of  the  appointment  of  a 
Professor,  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  per  annum,  till  the 
principal  is  paid  to  the  Trustees. 

6.  The  entire  sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  (ex- 
clusive of  the  fifty  thousand  dollai's  for  the  Professorship) 
will  be  paid  as  soon  as  the  fifty  thousand  dollars  is  raised  by 
subscription,  or  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent  will  be 
paid  on  that  sum  till  the  principal  is  transferred  to  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 

Voted,  That  the  Trustees  accept,  with  hearty  expressions 
of  thanks  for  the  generosity  and  munificence  of  the  gift,  the 
proposition  as  made  by  Mr.  Willcox  on  behalf  of  Mrs.  Stone. 

Voted,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  confer  with 
Mr.  Willcox  upon  the  Statutes  of  the  new  Professorship,  and 
all  questions  arising  in  connection  with  the  foundation  of  the 
Stone  Professorship. 

Voted,  That  the  Committee  consist  of  Mr.  Hardy,  Dr. 
Wellman,  Mr.  Russell,  Dr.  Fiske,  and  Mr.  Bancroft. 


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Deacon  Peter  Smith  offered  one  thousand  dollars  towards 
the  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

1878,  November  4.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  Mr.  Will- 
cox  presented  the  Statutes  of  the  Stone  Professor,  and  they 
were  unanimously  adopted,  as  follows  : 

DEED  OF  GIFT,  AND  STATUTES  OF  THE  STONE  PROFES- 
SORSHIP OF  THE  RELATIONS  OF  CHRISTIANITY  AND 
SCIENCE. 

It  having  pleased  God  to  incline  the  heart  of  my  late  hus- 
band, Daniel  Perkins  Stone,  of  Maiden,  Mass.,  to  consecrate 
the  larger  part  of  his  property  to  the  upbuilding  of  the  cause 
of  Christ  in  the  promotion  of  Christian  education  ;  I,  there- 
fore, Valeria  Goodenow  Stone,  in  accordance  with  his  intent, 
do  hereby  engage  to  pay  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy 
in  Andover,  Mass.,  from  the  estate  bequeathed  to  me  by  my 
late  husband,  and  at  such  time  as  in  the  settlement  of  the 
said  estate  may  be  found  convenient,  the  sum  of  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars  ;  agreeing  also  that  until  such  payment  is  made  I 
will  pay,  from  the  date  of  this  instrument,  at  the  rate  of  three 
thousand  dollars  per  annum,  for  the  following  purpose,  to  wit : 

To  endow  and  maintain  a  Professorship  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  under  the  care  of  the  aforesaid  Trustees,  on  con- 
dition of  their  establishing  the  said  Professorship  upon  the 
following  terms,  which  I  desire  forever  to  stand  (unless 
modified  as  herein-after  provided)  as  tlie  Statutes,  or  perma- 
nent Rules  and  Laws,  of  this  Stone  Professorship. 

Article  1.  The  title  of  the  Professor  on  this  foundation 
shall  be  the  "  Stone  Professor  of  the  Relations  of  Christianity 
and  Science." 

Articie  2.  Fully  convinced  that  God  has  made  a  twofold 
revelation  of  his  character  and  government  in  the  works  of 
creation  and  the  words  of  Scripture,  and  that  these  two  rev- 
elations are  entirely  harmonious  with  each  other,  I  desire 
their  mutual  relations  to  be  thoroughly  investigated  and 
clearly  taught,  to  the  intent  that  candidates  for  the  Christian 


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ministry  studying  at  this  Seminary  may  understand  the  proper 
scope  and  limitations  of  these  different  departments  of  human 
knowledge,  and  clearly  perceive  the  harmony  between  them, 
and  especially  that  they  may  learn  how  to  unfold  and  demon- 
strate the  perfect  concord  between  the  teachings  of  the  Bible 
in  regard  to  the  facts  and  doctrines  of  Christianity,  and  the 
teachings  of  science  in  regard  to  the  facts  of  creation  and 
providence. 

Article  3.  The  incumbent  of  this  Professorship  shall  be 
a  man  of  such  extensive  reading  and  experience  as  to  be 
thoroughly  familiar  with  the  different  pliases  of  scepticism 
among  the  common  people,  as  well  as  with  those  among  the 
learned,  and  if  practicable  he  shall  be  an  ordained  minister 
of  the  Congregational  denomination.  He  shall  sustain  the 
character  of  a  devout  and  earnest  Christian,  and  be  a  mem- 
ber in  good  standing  of  some  Trinitarian  Congregational 
church.  He  shall  also  be  a  sound  and  consistent  theologian, 
and  shall  subscribe  the  creed  for  substance  of  doctrine  which 
every  professor  in  this  Seminary  is  required  to  accept.  And 
while  thus  qualified  in  religious  character  and  theological 
attainments  to  illustrate  the  spirit  and  vindicate  the  essential 
facts  and  principles  of  Christianity,  he  shall  deem  it  his 
special  duty  to  keep  himself  familiar  with  the  progress  of 
science,  aiming  so  to  master  the  discoveries,  theories,  and 
teacliings  of  tlie  students  of  Nature  as  to  furnish  no  ground 
for  any  to  question  his  qualifications  to  judge  of  the  harmony 
between  Christianity  and  Science,  or  to  maintain  and  illus- 
trate that  harmony  before  his  classes.  And  as  it  is  very  im- 
portant to  have  as  close  and  sympathetic  connection  as  possi- 
ble between  the  Seminary  and  the  Congregational  churches 
of  the  land,  it  is  my  earnest  desire  that  the  Stone  Professor 
shall,  so  far  as  may  consist  with  his  duties  to  the  Institution, 
often  address  Christian  congregations,  either  upon  the  general 
themes  of  the  gospel,  or  upon  such  as  have  a  more  immediate 
and  visible  connection  with  his  own  department,  in  order 
that  tlnis  he  may  not  only  expose  the  fallacies  of  scepticism, 
and  vindicate  the  truths  of  Christianity,  but  also  may  awaken 


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in  the  churches  a  deeper  interest  in  the  work  and  the  pros- 
perity of  the  Seminary. 

Article  4.  The  fund  herewith  given  for  the  endowment  of 
the  Stone  Professorship  shall  be  kept  apart  from  all  other  funds 
held  by  the  Trustees  ;  it  shall  be  carefully  invested,  and  so 
far  as  possible  be  forever  preserved  intact  and  undiminished, 
the  income  only  being  used  to  pay  the  salary  of  the  incum- 
bent, and  this  salary,  at  least  during  the  service  of  the  first 
occupant  of  the  chair,  shall  not  be  less  than  three  thousand 
dollars,  besides  the  free  use  of  his  house.  Should  the  chair 
become  vacant,  the  income  of  the  fund  so  long  as  the  vacancy 
continues,  shall,  if  the  principal  has  suffered  any  diminution, 
be  added  thereto,  until  the  endowment  shall  be  fully  restored 
to  its  original  amount.  If  there  has  been  no  such  diminution, 
any  income  from  the  fund  beyond  what  is  needed  for  the 
Professor's  salary,  shall  be  disposed  of  by  the  Trustees  as 
they  deem  most  expedient  for  the  interests  of  the  Institution. 

Article  5.  The  incumbent  of  this  chair  sliall  be  chosen  by 
the  Trustees  aforesaid,  who  shall  have  and  exercise  all  such 
power  and  authority  in  regard  to  this  foundation  and  the 
Professor  tJjereon,  as  they  have  in  regard  to  others  ;  and  in- 
asmuch as  the  visitorial  system  does  not  commend  itself  to 
my  judgment,  the  Professor  on  this  Stone  foundation  shall 
not  be  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Board  of  Visitors. 

Article  6.  In  order  to  provide  for  a  contingency  which  in 
the  lapse  of  time  may  possibly  arise,  I  hereby  record  my 
willingness  that  if  it  shall  ever  become  manifest  to.  the  Board 
of  Trustees,  that  the  ultimate  object  for  which  this  Professor- 
ship is  founded  —  the  upbuilding  of  the  cause  of  Christ  in 
the  promotion  of  Christian  education  —  can  be  better  secured 
by  some  other  application  than  that  herein  indicated  of  the 
fund  now  given,  they  shall  make  any  such  change  in  the  ap- 
propriation of  said  income,  and  the  work  it  may  be  employed 
to  do,  as  in  their  judgment  will  best  attain  the  end  for  which 
the  fund  is  given,  provided,  however,  that  no  siich  change 
shall  be  made  without  the  most  careful  deliberation,  and  the 
most  conviiicins;  evidence  of  its  wisdom. 


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Article  7.  The  right  is  hereby  reserved  by  me,  Valeria  G. 
Stone,  in  behalf  of  Rev.  William  H.  Willcox  my  agent,  that 
he  during  his  natural  life  may  make,  witli  the  concurrence  of 
the  Trustees  aforesaid,  any  additional  statutes,  rules,  and 
regulations,  or  any  alterations  in  these,  which  may  be  deemed 
advisable,  and  shall  not  be  inconsistent  with  the  Constitution 
of  the  said  Seminary.  Being  moved  in  the  offering  I  thus 
make  by  a  grateful  sense  of  the  bounty  of  my  Heavenly 
Father  who  has  given  me  the  ability  to  make  it ;  by  my  desire 
to  promote  the  cause  of  Christian  education  and  evajigelical 
religion  in  the  world  ;  by  my  wish  faithfully  to  fulfil  the  trust 
which  my  beloved  and  honored  husband  reposed  in  me ;  and 
by  my  appreciation  of  the  work,  so  valuable  to  the  church 
and  the  world,  which  the  Theological  Seminary  in  Andover 
is  doing,  and  will  I  trust  be  still  better  qualified  to  do  when 
this  new  professorship  is  founded,  —  I  most  hopefully  and  joy- 
fully entrust  to  the  care  of  said  Trustees  this  offering  for 
Christ  and  his  church,  with  fervent  prayer  for  the  blessing 
of  God  upon  it  in  all  time  to  come. 

In  witness  whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal 
this  twenty- ninth  day  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-eight. 

(Signed)  Valeria  G.  Stone. 

Signed,  sealed,  and  delivered 
in  presence  of 

Edna  A.  Pearson. 

Voted,  That  the  thanks  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Acad- 
emy be  given  to  Mrs.  Valeria  Goodenow  Stone  for  her  recent 
and  very  generous  donation  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the 
purpose  of  supporting  a  Professor  in  the  department  of  the 
Relations  of  Christianity  and  Science  in  the  Theological 
Seminary  under  their  care,  with  assurances  that  it  shall  be 
faithfully  applied  to  that  sacred  and  highly  important  object, 
and  that  the  conditions  of  the  donation  shall  be  religiously 

regarded. 

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Voted,  That  a  Committee  be  appointed  to  arrange  for  the 
duties  of  the  Stone  Professor. 

The  following  gentlemen  were  the  Committee,  Dr.  Fiske, 
Mr,  McKenzie,  and  Mr.  Bancroft. 

Voted,  That  the  Committee  of  Exigencies,  with  Mr.  Willcox, 
arrange  for  the  inauguration  of  the  Stone  Professor. 

Rev.  John  P.  Gulliver,  D.D.,  of  Binghampton,  N.  Y.,  was 
unanimously  elected  Stone  Professor,  at  a  salary  of  three 
thousand  dollars  and  rent  of  a  house. 

Voted,  That  the  salary  of  the  Stone  Professor  be  paid  from 
the  date  of  his  acceptance. 

Voted,  That  the  Committee  of  Exigencies  and  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  be  a  Committee  to  provide  a  house  for  the 
Stone  Professor. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  415-419. 
Theo.  Ledger,  pages  445  and  446. 


1879. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees  May  29,  1879,  Mr.  Willcox 
stated  that  the  offer  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  from 
the  Stone  Estate  would,  so  far  as  he  was  concerned,  be  valid 
if  subscriptions  payable  in  one,  two,  and  three  years  were 
made  in  good  faith  by  responsible  parties. 


MR.  HENRY  WINKLEY'S  PORTRAIT. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  June  16,  1879,  thanks  were 
voted  to  Mr.  Henry  Winkley  of  Philadelphia,  for  his  elegant 
portrait. 


1879  — June  23. 

PROF.  JOHN  L.  TAYLOR'S  "  THANK  OFFERING." 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  June  23,  1879,  a  communica- 
tion was  received  from  Prof.  John  L.  Taylor,  conveying  as  a 


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gift  to  the  Trustees  his  residence  and  ten  thousand  dollars, 
for  the  further  endowment  of  the  Taylor  Professorship  of 
Biblical  Theology  as  follows  : 

Andover,  June  23,  1879. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 

In  arranging  to  retire  from  service  in  our  Seminary,  I  wish 
to  commit  to  you,  in  trust,  a  special  gift,  as  a  thank  offering 
to  God  for  his  favor  to  me  during  the  seven-and-twenty  years 
of  my  connection  with  the  Institution,  in  the  various  offices 
to  which  you  have  called  me. 

For  some  years  past  I  have  provided  by  will  for  the  trans- 
fer of  a  portion  of  my  modest  estate  to  you  at  my  decease, 
with  particular  reference  to  the  increased  endowment  of  the 
new  chair  of  Biblical  Theology,  founded  by  my  deceased  son  ; 
instead  of  such  a  purely  testamentary  provision  I  now  pro- 
pose to  make  over  a  donation  to  you  for  this  purpose  at  once, 
with  certain  temporary  reservations,  as  follows  ;  viz. 

First.  I  herewith  convey  to  you  by  deed,  duly  executed, 
my  homestead  in  Andover,  comprising  about  two  and  one 
eighth  acres  of  land,  and  the  house  and  other  buildings 
thereon,  requesting  you  to  accept  and  hold  the  same  under 
the  following  reservations  and  directions,  to  wit  : 

(1)  I  reserve  the  riglit  to  use  the  entire  premises,  so  con- 
veyed, still  as  my  residence  during  my  lifetime,  as  fully  as  if 
the  title  thereto  were  not  transferred  to  you,  it  being  ex- 
pressly stipulated  that  while  so  occupying  the  place  I  am  to 
pay  all  taxes  thereon,  keep  the  buildings  well  insured  and  in 
good  repair,  make  any  betterments  I  may  choose,  and  other- 
wise secure  the  property  from  material  depreciation  in  my 
hands,  and  provide  for  vacating  the  premises  and  the  removal 
of  all  furniture  and  other  contents  from  the  buildings  within 
three  months  after  my  decease. 

(2.)  I  reserve  to  my  son,  John  P.  Taylor,  surviving  me, 
after  my  above-named  occupancy,  on  three  months  notice  to 
you,  the  right  to  use  and  enjoy  the  entire  premises  as  his 


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residence  at  any  time  so  long  as  he  shall  live,  on  the  same 
terms  in  regard  to  taxes,  etc.,  as  above-named  in  my  own 
case.  1  make  this  express  reservation,  not  expecting  that  lie 
will  be  likely  ever  to  wish  to  avail  himself  of  it,  but  to  meet 
the  possible  contingency  that  under  some  failure  of  health, 
or  for  some  other  reason,  of  which  he  is  to  be  the  judge,  he 
may  desire  to  return  to  his  early  liorae.  If  he  should  ever 
ask  it,  let  him  in  word  and  deed  l)e  made  welcome  to  his  full 
right,  not  as  a  paying  tenant,  but  as  a  son  and  heir  in  posses- 
sion of  what  I  reserve  for  him. 

(3.)  With  the  foregoing  reservations  I  request  you  as 
Trustees  to  hold  this  property,  and  care  for  it  specially,  as  a 
residence  for  the  Taylor  Professor  of  Biblical  Theology,  and 
as  part  of  the  endowment  of  his  chair  ;  this  is  the  main, 
ultimate  object  of  the  gift,  —  to  this  I  hold  the  premises 
sacredly  consecrated  ;  nor  do  I  look  upon  this  as  simply  my 
personal  offering  ;  I  see  another  and  fairer  hand  clasped  with 
mine  in  this  conveyance  of  our  home  ;  together  we  planned 
it,  and  built  it,  and  lived  in  it  many  sunny  years,  and  now 
together,  for  ourselves  and  our  entire  family,  we  place  it  in 
your  hands  for  this  later  and  chosen  use. 

(4.)  Until  the  place  can  be  put  to  its  intended  ultimate 
use  under  your  oversight,  with  the  reservations  before  named, 
I  desire  that  it  be  rented  only  as  a  private  residence  (not  as 
a  boarding-house),  for  some  small  family  who  will  use  it  care- 
fully ;  the  rents  being  devoted  chiefly  to  keeping  everything 
in  good  order,  and  any  remnant  that  may  be  left  from  year  to 
year  being  added  to  the  endowment  fund  of  the  said  Biblical 
Chair. 

(5.)  I  suggest  that  this  gift  be  entered  in  your  books  to 
the  credit  of  the  Taylor  Professorship  Fund,  at  such  appraisal 
as  your  President  and  Treasurer  shall  judge  to  be  proper. 

Second.  With  the  homestead  before  named,  I  also  here- 
with convey  to  you  in  trust,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars, 
in  various  interest-bearing  stocks  and  bonds  for  the  further 
increase  of  the  endowment  of  the  said  Taylor  Professorship 
of  Biblical  Theology ;  with   the  accrued   interest   on    these 


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securities  to  this  date  off,  the  principal  and  accruing  interest 
of  this  sum  to  be  held  by  you,  henceforth,  for  the  purpose  of 
said  original  endowment,  as  expressed  in  the  Statutes  of  the 
Professorship,  with  this  contingent  proviso  only,  to  wit  : 
That  so  long  as  I  live,  any  portion  of  the  income  of  this  sum 
at  interest  shall  be  annually  paid  to  me  for  my  convenience, 
if  I  shall  ask  it,  which  I  strongly  hope  and  trust  will  not  be 
necessary. 

Please  do  me  the  favor  now  to  accept  the  gift  thus  tendered 

to  you,  Gentlemen,  and  join  with  me  in  thanksgivings  to  God 

that  I  can  gladly  offer  it,  and  you  as  gladly  receive  and  hold  it, 

for  his  service  in  the  Seminary  which  we  together  heartily  love. 

With  great  respect. 

Your  obedient  servant, 

John  L.  Taylor. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  394. 
Seminary  Eecords,  pages  424-426. 

Voted,  That  the  above  gifts  of  Professor  Taylor  be  grate- 
fully accepted,  and  suitably  acknowledged. 

Voted,  That  we  appoint  as  Committee  to  communicate  our 
thanks  to  Dr.  Taylor,  Mr.  Hardy  and  Dr.  Fiske. 

June  25th  Mr.  Hardy  and  Dr.  Fiske  reported  a  letter  of 
thanks  to  Dr.  John  L.  Taylor,  which  was  adopted  and  placed 
on  record  as  follows  : 

Reverend  and  Professor  John  L.  Taylor,  D.D. 
Dear  Sir : 

Verbally  through  Drs.  Alden  and  Fiske,  you  have  already 
been  informed  how  deep  is  the  regret  of  the  Trustees  at  the 
severing  of  your  relations  with  the  Institution  under  their  care. 
As  Treasurer,  Trustee,  Teacher,  and  friend  the  Academy  and 
the  Seminary  have  never  had  one  more  faithful  and  true  than 
yourself.  To-day  the  Board  is  in  receipt  of  the  report  of 
your  last  eleven  years  work,  and  accompanying  it  your 
communication  conveying  your  noble  and  generous  gifts. 

Wo  can  but  imperfectly  express  to  you  how  deeply  the  several 


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members  of  the  Board  were  touched  by  the  tender  and  affec- 
tionate words  in  which  those  gifts  were  made  known  ;  and 
we  were  commissioned  to  express  to  you  their  gratitude,  and 
for  you  personally  their  high  regard  and  esteem.  The  gifts 
so  fully  set  forth  in  your  communication  are  accepted,  and 
will  be  held  in  sacred  trust  on  the  conditions  and  for  the  pur- 
poses therein  named.  With  the  hope  that  freedom  from  care 
and  responsibility  will  be  the  means  of  giving  you  at  least 
some  measure  of  returning  health,  and  that  peace  may  be 
your  companion  now  and  evermore,  we  remain, 
With  assurances  of  friendship, 

Yours  sincerely, 
(Signed)  Alpheus  Hardy, 

D.  T.  FiSKB. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  431  and  432. 


1880— June  21. 

SECOND  DONATION  OF  HENRY  WINKLEY,  ESQ. 

The  President  communicated  a  letter  from  Mr.  Henry 
Winkley  conveying  an  additional  gift  of  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars  to  the  Theological  Seminary  in  terms  as  follows  ;  viz. 

St.  Cloud  Hotel,  Philadelphia,  May  10,  1880. 

Rev.  Egbert  C.  Smyth,  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 
Dear  Sir  : 
I  enclose  check  this  date  to  order  of  Edward  Taylor, 
Treasurer,  on  National  Bank  of  Commerce,  New  York,  for 
twenty-five  thousand  dollars  (125,000)  to  constitute  a  perma- 
nent fund  ;  the  income  of  which  only  to  be  appropriated  for 
the  benefit  and  purposes  of  Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
as  the  Trustees  may  think  best. 

Faithfully  yours, 

Henry  Winkley. 


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It  was  voted  to  convey  to  Mr.  Winkley  over  the  signature 
of  the  President  and  Clerk,  the  thanks  of  the  Board  in  terms 
as  follows ;  viz. 

Henry  Winkley,  Esq.,  St.  Cloud  Hotel.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dear  Sir  : 

At  the  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy, 
the  Treasurer,  E.  Taylor,  Esq.,  communicated  your  second 
gift  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  to  the  Theological  Semi- 
nary under  their  care.  Your  first  donation  of  the  same 
munificent  amount  was,  so  far  as  we  are  informed,  the  first 
in  a  series  of  benefactions  here  and  elsewhere  which  have 
made  your  name  a  synonyme  of  modest,  wise,  and  open- 
handed  generosity.  It  was  with  peculiar  pleasure  that  the 
Trustees  received  your  second  gift,  an  admirable  portrait  of 
their  patron  and  friend,  which  now  looks  down,  from  a  goodly 
company  of  the  merchants  and  manufacturers  and  scholars 
who  have  blessed  these  schools  by  their  learning  and  their 
liberality,  upon  the  best  Theological  Library  in  the  land. 
This  your  third  gift,  unsought  and  sudden  as  the  first,  quick 
as  the  light  and  as  quickening,  tempts  us  to  a  manner  of  ex- 
pression which  in  an  official  letter  might  savor  too  much  of 
enthusiasm,  and  seem  to  you  too  much  like  flattery. 

We  are  commanded  by  the  Trustees,  on  tiieir  behalf,  to  make 
"  suitable  acknowledgment "  to  you  for  this  last  great  gift ; 
unable  to  do  that,  we  can  reverently  say  it  is  God's  work,  and 
we  can  assure  you  that  none  of  your  many  gifts  has  met  with 
a  heartier  expression  of  gratitude  and  admiration  on  the  part 
of  Trustees,  Faculty,  Students,  and  friends, —  none  has  re- 
ceived a  more  sincere  and  intelligent  appreciation.  Prof. 
Smyth  and  Mr.  Taylor  have  more  seasonably  written  you  in 
their  respective  relations  to  this  fund,  and  we  are  desirous 
of  knowing  that  you  approve  our  purpose  of  consolidating 
your  two  gifts,  placing  them  at  interest,  and  allowing  them 
to  accumulate  till  the  round  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars 
($50,000)  is  reached,  at  which  time  we  hope  to  consult  you 
further  as  to  the  use  of  the  annual  income  of  the  "  Winkley 


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Fund."  To-day  we  owe  to  you  a  noble  building  for  chapel 
and  lecture  purposes,  —  a  great  need  for  many  years,  —  and 
a  fund  well  invested,  amounting  to  $35,901.89.  May  you 
long  enjoy  to  the  full  tlie  blessing  and  blessedness  of  liim 
that  gives,  as  we  and  those  who  come  after  us,  that  of  him 
who  receives. 

With  great  respect,  for  the  Trustees, 
(Signed)  Alpheus  Hardy,  President. 

C.  F.  P.  Bancroft,  Clerk. 

Voted,  That  this  gift  of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  be 
added  to  the  present  "  Winkley  Fund  "  ;  the  consolidated 
fund  not  to  be  used  until  it  reaches  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand 
dollars. 

Seminary  Records,  page  444. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  418. 


LEGACY  OF  PETER  SMITH,  ESQ. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  Sept.  20,  1880,  article  sixteen 
from  the  will  of  the  late  Peter  Smith,  Esq.,  was  read,  as 
follows  :  "  I  give  to  the  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy  of 
Andover,  the  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  to  be  added  to  the 
Smith  and  Dove  Fund  of  Brechin  Hall,  so-called,  or  Library, 
the  income  to  be  used  for  the  benefit  of  said  Library." 

Voted,  That  suitable  acknowledgment  be  made  to  the 
executors  of  the  estate. 

Seminary  Records,  page  448. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  326. 


1882— June  19. 

PARK   TESTIMONIAL   FUND. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Trustees,  June  10,  1880,  it  was 
Voted,  When  the  effort  of  the  Committee  having  in  charge, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Trustees,  the  Park  Memorial  Fund 


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results  in  securing  to  the  Trustees  for  that  purpose,  either  in 
the  form  of  annuities  or  in  interest  on  endowments  paid  in 
for  the  benefit  of  Phillips  Academy,  or  the  Theological  Sem- 
inary, reckoned  at  six  per  cent  on  their  face  value,  or  in  other 
forms  acceptable  to  the  Trustees,  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred 
dollars  per  annum,  the  Trustees  shall  pay  for  the  same  pur- 
pose from  the  general  treasury  an  additional  sum  of  fifteen 
hundred  dollars. 

Seminary  Records,  page  441. 

1882,  June  19.  Dr.  Wellman  reported  for  the  "  Park 
Testimonial  Fund,"  and  it  was 

Voted,  That  the  report  be  accepted,  and  as  amended  entered 
on  the  records  ;  viz. 

To  the  Board  Trustees  of  Phillips  Academy,  Andover. 
Gentlemen : 
Your  Committee  on  the  Park  Testimonial  Fund  would 
submit  the  following  report  of  their  work  in  obtaining  sub- 
scriptions ;  viz. 

I.    Subscriptions  paid  : 

Hon.  Wm.  E.  Dodge,  11,000 

Rev.  E.  K.  Alden,  1,000 

Wm.  0.  Grover,  Esq.,  600 

Samuel  Johnson,  Esq.,  500 

Dea.  Joseph  N.  Bacon,  500 

Miss  Mary  W.  Holbrook,  500 

S.  D.  Warren,  Esq.,  500 

Mr.  E.  A.  Goodnow,  500 

Mr.  W.  S.  Houghton,  600 

Rev.  Edward  M.  Williams,  500 

Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  500 

Mr.  John  B.  Hutcliinson,  500 

Mr.  Nathaniel  Walker,  500 

First  Church  in  Fall  River,  500 

Union  Church  in  Worcester,  500 

Hon.  George  L.  Davis,  500 

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Dea.  Ezra  Farnsworth,  f  500 

Mr.  Joseph  W.  Smith,  600 

Mr.  David  Whitcomb,  250 

Mr.  G.  Henry  Whitcomb,  260 

Mr.  R.  H.  Stearns,  250 

Mr.  Charles  C.  Burr,  200 

Mr.  Rowland  Hazard,  200 

Mr.  A.  D.  Lockwood,  200 

Mr.  Wm.  J.  King,  200 

Winthrop  Church  in  Charlestown,  150 

Hon.  Rufus  S.  Frost,  100 

Rev.  J.  C.  Labaree  and  Friend,  100 

Mr.  George  W.  Hubbard,  100 

Mr.  Henry  E.  Cobb,  100 

Mr.  Charles  E.  Billings,  100 

Mr.  E.  W.  Converse,  100 

Mr.  F.  W.  Carpenter,  100 

Mr.  Edward  Taylor,  100 

Mr.  A.  W.  Tufts,  100 

Mr.  Joshua  W.  Davis,  60 

Rev.  L.  Clark  Seelye,  D.D.,'  50 

Mr.  R.  W.  Ropes,  50 

Mr.  H.  V^.  Sage,  50 

Mr.  C.  F.  Bray,  25 

Mr.  R.  C.  Taft,  25 

Mr.  E.  M.  Boynton,  25 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  W.  Tyler,  20 

Rev.  A.  E.  Dunning,  20 

Rev.  E.  G.  Selden,  10 

$13,025 

n.     The  following  persons  have  provided  annuities  of  sixty 
dollars  yearly  for  Prof.  E.  A.  Park. 
Hon  Alpheus  Hardy. 
Mr.  Michael  Simpson. 
Mr.  George  Ripley. 
Rev.  Ebenezer  Alden. 
Rev.  Francis  H.  Johnson. 


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III.  The  following  persons  have  promised  the  annuities 
annexed  to  their  names  : 

Rev.  Wm.  H.  Willcox,  D.D.,                 '         '  $60 

Mr.  George  A.  Miner,  60 

Hon.  Richard  P.  Waters,  30 
The  Beneficent  Church  in  Providence  througli  its 

pastor,  Rev.  Jas.  G.  Vose,  D.D.,  100 
Second  Church  in  Dorchester,  through  its  pastor, 

Rev.  E.  N.  Packard,  60 

Amount  of  annuities  provided  and  promised  $610,  equiva- 
lent to  income  at  six  per  cent  of  $10,166. 

IV.  The    following    persons    have    not   yet    paid   their 
subscriptions  : 

Rev.  Joseph  Cook  (paid  1882),  $1,000 

George  W.  W.  Dove  (interest  paid),  1,000 

Rev.  W.  V.  W.  Davis,  Manchester,  N.  H.,  135 

Prof.  P.  C.  Blodgett,  Northampton,  Mass. (paid  '82), 50 

Amount,  $2,185 


RECAPITULATION. 

Subscriptions  paid. 

$13,025 

Annuities, 

10,166 

Unpaid  subscriptions, 

2,185 

$25,376 

V.  The  above  subscription  of  Mr.  G.  W.  W.  Dove,  and 
the  subscription  of  five  hundred  dollars  paid  by  Dea.  Joseph 
N.  Bacon,  have  annexed  to  them  the  following  conditions  : 
"  Income  to  go  to  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Park,  or  tlie  survivor  of 
them  ;  principal  to  go  to  Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  payable 
when  sufficient  is  subscribed  to  yield  an  income  of  not  less 
than  twenty-five  hundred  dollars." 

The  above  subscription  by  Miss  Mary  W.  Holbrook  has 
annexed  to  it  the  following  condition  :  "  The  income  to  go  to 


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Prof.  Park  while  he  lives,  and  then  the  principal  to  go  to 
Phillips  Academy  as  a  trust  fund." 

The  above  subscription  of  Rev.  E.  K.  Alden,  D.D.,  was 
made  with  the  reserved  right  "  of  hereafter  designating  what 
use  should  be  made  of  the  principal." 

Respectfully  submitted  for  your  Committee, 

(Signed)  J.  W.  Wellman. 

Seminary  Records,  pages  475,  476,  477. 

By    subscriptions    paid,  etc.,  tlie    fund    now   amounts   to 

$14,135. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  433. 


1882  — Jfovember  20. 

The  following  minute  was  adopted  by  the  Board  : 
"  Whereas  it  has  '  become  manifest  to  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees that  the  demand  for  ministers  prepared  by  an  abridged 
course  has  passed  away,'  and  that  the  endowment  given  by 
Miss  Sopliia  Smith  '  can  be  made  to  do  a  greater  and  better 
work  for  the  church  of  Christ,  for  our  country,  and  for  the 
world,  by  being  applied  to  the  support  of  a  professor  in  some 
other  department  in  the  Theological  Seminary,'  and  whereas, 
said  Trustees  were  fully  authorized  and  empowered  to  make 
such  change  in  the  duties  of  the  Smith  Professor,  according 
to  their  best  judgment  when  it  should  become  clearly  expe- 
dient ; "  therefore, 

Voted,  That  the  subject  of  Biblical  Theology  is  hereby 
assigned  to  the  Smith  Professorship,  and  that  the  title  of  the 
incumbent  shall  be  the  "  Smith  Professor  of  Theology,"  and 
that  his  work  shall  be  in  the  general  course  of  instruction  in 
this  Theological  Seminary. 


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1883  — April  2. 

THIRD  DONATION  OF  HENRY  WINKLEY,  ESQ. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board  this  date,  the  following  letters 
frona  Henry  Winkley,  Esq.,  were  communicated  by  the 
Treasurer ;  viz. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  24,  1883. 

Edward  Taylor,  Esq.  ,Treasurer  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 

Dear  Sir  : 
1  have  received  from  Rev.  Egbert  C.  Smyth  your  statement 
of  the  fund  to  my  credit  to  April  30,  1882.  I  also  received 
statement  to  April  30,  1881.  You  will  oblige  by  sending 
statement  to  March  1,  1883,  and  the  amount  to  make  up 
fifty  thousand  dollars  as  agreed,  to  stand  as  a  fund,  the  in- 
come of  which  to  endow  a  Professor's  Chair  ;  the  title  and 
conditions  of  same  the  Rev.  E.  C.  Smyth  will  advise  me,  as 
understood  when  I  saw  him  in  tliis  city  22d  inst.  A  check 
will  be  sent  on  receipt  of  the  account  giving  the  amount 
required.  Yours  truly, 

(Signed)  Henry  Winkley. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  28,  1883. 

Edward  Taylor,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  etc. 

Dear  Sir  : 
I  have  your  favor  of  the  26tli  inst.,  with  statement  of 
account  to  March  1,  1883.  I  herewith  enclose  check  this 
date  to  your  order  on  National  Bank  of  Commerce  in  New 
York  for  nine  thousand  eight  hundred  twenty-six  dollars  and 
ninety-four  cents  (■'19,826.94),  to  make  up  a  fund  of  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  the  income  of  which  to  endow  a  professor's 
chair,  as  per  my  note  of  the  24th  inst.  I  am  pleased  to  hear 
of  the  favorable  prospects  of  the  Seminary. 
Very  truly  yours, 

(Signed)  Henry  Winkley. 


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Philadelphia,  March  6,  1883. 

Edward  Taylor,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  etc. 
Dear  Sir : 

Your  favor  of  28tli  ult.,  was  duly  received,  also  that  of  2d 
inst.,  with  receipt.  Referring  to  your  notes  of  May  13, 1880, 
and  June  15, 1880,  and  May  2, 1881, 1  find  your  offer  to  add 
the  interest  to  the  fund  until  it  should  amount  to  fifty  thou- 
sand dqllars  ;  this  met  my  approval,  though  it  was  then  my 
intention  to  make  up  the  same  at  an  earlier  date  than  would  be 
required  by  adding  the  interest.  Subsequently  Professor  E.  C. 
Smyth  made  a  verbal  request  that  a  part  of  the  interest  be 
used  for  Lectures  ;  no  amount  was  named,  to  this  I  assented. 

I  did  not  suppose  so  large  a  part  would  be  required.  I  have 
no  objection  to  the  use  of  twenty-five  per  cent  of  the  accrued 
interest  for  lectures,  and  seventy-five  per  cent  to  be  added  to 
the  principal. 

When  I  agreed  to  the  use  of  six  hundred  dollars  for  a 
Scholarship,  I  did  not  intend  that  it  should  be  taken  from 
the  accrued  interest,  but  from  the  income  of  the  fund  of  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  commencing  the  1st  inst.  If  you  will  give 
me  the  amount  according  to  the  above,  a  check  will  be  sent 
for  the  balance  on  receipt  of  same. 
Very  truly  yours, 
(Signed)  Henry  Winkley. 

Philadelphia,  March  15,  1883.  ■ 

Edward  Taylor,  Esq.,  Treasurer,  etc. 
Dear  Sir  : 
I  have  your  favor  of  9th  inst.,  with  statement  of  interest 
to  March  1,  1883,  making  the  amount  of  fund  fifty  thousand 
dollars,  which  appears  to  be  correct,  and  is  satisfactory. 

As  you  have  no  Professor's  Chair  vacant  at  this  time,  it  is 
my  request  that  the  fifty  thousand  dollars  may  be  known  as  the 
Winkley  Permanent  Fund,  from  March  1, 1883.  The  income 
of  which  only  to  be  appropriated  for  the  benefit  and  purposes  of 
Andover Theological  Seminary,  as  the  Trustees  may  think  best. 
Faithfully  yours, 
(Signed)  Henry  Winkley. 


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Voted,  To  accept  Mr.  Winkley's  gift  on  the  terms  proposed, 
and  that  the  President  of  the  Board  and  the  Clerk  be  in- 
structed to  convey  to  Mr.  Winkley  the  hearty  thanks  of  the 
Board  for  his  continued  liberality  to  the  Seminary. 

■    Seminary  Records,  pages  484  and  485. 
Theo.  Ledger,  page  418. 


1885— January  28. 

"CHRISTMAS  GIFT"  OF  PROF.  J.  P.  TAYLOR. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Board,  Jan.  28,  1885,  the  following 
letter  was  received  from  Prof.  John  P.  Taylor,  ordered  on 
record,  and  the  Clerk  was  instructed  to  make  suitable 
acknowledgment  of  the  gift,  and  express  the  thanks  of  the 
Board. 

Andover,  Mass.,  Dec.  24,  1884. 

To  the  Honorable  and  Reverend,  the  Trustees  of  Phillips 
Academy. 

Gentlemen  : 
I  beg  herewith  to  present  to  you  in  trust  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars  (81,000)  for  the  increase  of  the  endowment 
of  the  Taylor  Professorship  of  Biblical  Theology  and  History. 
Please  accept  it  as  my  Christmas  gift.  Had  my  lamented 
father  lived,  it  would  have  been  in  his  heart  to  have  done 
this.  God  willed  otherwise.  It  is  mine  to  take  up  his  work 
and  strengthen  the  Chair  that  bears  the  family  name.  I  would 
not  do  this,  did  I  doubt  the  soundness  of  the  Andover  that 
now  is.  I  could  not  do  it,  save  for  what  my  father  received 
from  you  and  has  transmitted  to  me. 

In  great  gratitude  to  God  for  all  the  Seminary  was  to  him, 
and  for  your  unmerited  kindness  to  myself, 

I  am  with  much  respect  and  esteem. 

Your  obedient  servant, 
(Signed)  John  Phelps  Taylor. 

Theo.  Ledger,  page  394. 
Seminary  Records,  page  501. 


360 

1885  — May  1. 

FUNDS   ACCUMULATING. 

(By  addition  of  part  or  all  of  the  income.) 

Abbott  Fund  (see  page  102),  $98,790.71 

His  Hon.  William  Phillips's  Legacy  for  Library 

(see  page  173),  16,844.30 

Hitchcock  Scholarship  Fund  (see  page  207),  23,143.31 

Hitchcock  Guarantee  Fund  (see  page  209),  1,357.01 

Oliphant  Scholarship  Fund,  1,653.34 

Mary  Pearson  Ford  Scholarsliip  Fund.  Begun  in 
1872,  agreeably  to  the  request  of  David  Oli- 
phant, 1,725.00 


PAOB 


INDEX. 

K.  B.— References  pages  1S5  to  222  are  to  Suppl<?ment  No.  One, 

A. 

Academy  : 

Abbot,  Samuel,  and  Madam  Phillips,  donations,  54 

Act  of  Incorporation  —  Committee  appointed,  30 

Act  of  Incorporation,  33 

Academy,  Name  changed  to  Phillips,  30 
Academy,  Rebuilding —  His  Honor  William  Phillips'  doaataons,      59 

Academy,  Rebuilding  —  General  Contributions,  60 

Aeademy,  Stone  Building  erected,  62 

Academy,  Fund,  195 

Academy  Hall,  New,  227 

Adams,  John,  portrait  of,  237 

Alden,  Dr.  Ebenezer,  bequest,  267 

Alumni  Fund,  228 
Armsti-ong,  Hon.  S.  T.,  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Phillips,  donations,        60 

Assessment  of  Scholars,  51 

Seminary  : 

Abbot,  Samuel,  donation,  and    Constitution   oi'  Seminary  (see 

Phebe  and  John  Phillips),  69 

Abbot,  Samuel,  donation,  131 

Abbot,  Samuel,  legacy,  102 

Abbot  Fund,  established  (see  S.  Farrar's  conveyance),  133 

Abbe  Scholarship  Fund,  290 

Accumulating  Funds,  360 
Additional  Acts  of  Legislature,                             €8,  132,  165,  263,  302 

Additional  Statutes,  113-122 

Allen  Scholai-ship  Fund,  222 
Application  for  additional  Acts,  67,  130,  164,  301 
Armstrong,  Hon.  S.  T.,  and  Mrs.  Margaret  Phillips,  donations,        60 

Armstrong,  Hon.  S.  T.,  donation,  186 

Associate  Foundation,  85 

Associate  Foundation,  Statutes,  86-102 

Associate  Foundation  united  with  Seminary,  136 
46                                                 361 


362 

B. 

Academy  : 

Boston  Female  Education  Society,  donations,  59 

Brick  House,  double,  erected,  62 

Butler,  Gen.  B.  F.,  donation,  243 

Byers,  John,  letter  to,  266 

Byers,  Peter  Smith,  Endowment  Fund,  255 

Byers,  Peter  Smith,  portrait  of,  258 

Byers,  Peter  Smith,  Scholarship,  248 

Seminary  : 

Banister,  Miss  Sarah  W.,  donation  for  Brown  Professor  house,       187 

Bartlet,  William,  donation  for  Associate  Foundation,  85 

Bartlet,  William,  donation  for  Bartlet  Professor,  102 

Bartlet,  William,  donations — Tracts  of  Land  and  NewChapel,  139-145 

Bartlet,  William,  proposal  for  house  for  Dr.  Griffin,  124,  125 

Bartlet,  William,  proposal  for  Chapel,  13  7 

„      ,       ,,,.,,.           (  proposal  for  New  Hall,  155 

Bartlet,  W  dham,    ■{        ',        .                     ,^    ,  ,p„ 

(  tender  01  same  completed,  IbO 

Bartlet,  William,  proposal  respecting  President's  Salary,  1 76 

Bartlet,  William,  donations  for  President's  Salary,  178 

1       "wir          j  proposals  to  build  Professor's  house,  179 

rSartlet,   William,    "s    •,.     ^  ioo 

(  gilt  of  same,  183 

Bartlet,  William,  legacy,  185 

Blanchard  Scholarship  Fund,  281 

Books  for  Library  —  donations,  122 

Boston  Fund,  198,  291 

Brechin  Hall,  283,  291 

Brown,  Moses,  donation  for  Associate  Foundation,  85 

„             ,,            <  donation  for  Brown  Professor,  146 
Brown,  Moses,    <                                    t^     ^ 

(  Statutes  of  Brown  Professor,  146-152 


Academy  : 

Campus  Fund,  donations,  269 

Centennial  Celebration,  252 

Centennial  Fund,  253 

Clarke  Scholarship  Fund,  239 

Class  of  1854,  and  other  donations  (see  also  pages  195,  227),  64 

Class  of  1878  (Senior  Classical)  Scholarship,  251 

Constitution  of  Phillips  Academy,  16 

Cook,  Joseph,  Greek  Prize  Fund,  251 

Seminary  : 

Campbell,  Miss  Mary,  legacy,  335 


363 

Seminary : 

Chapel  Fund,  donations  for,  283 

f^,        ,    -.-r        ( donations  for,  288 
Lhapel,  New,  ■<           .,      .        „ 

i  contributions  for,  328-331 

Clark,  Hon.  Oliver  R.,  Scholarships,.  312 

Club-House,  donations  for,    .  312 

Codman,  Dr.  John,  donations,  157 

Codman,  Dr.  John,  legacy,  188 

Constitution  of  Theological  Seminary,  «69-85 

Cutler,  Mrs.  Elizabeth,  legacy,  153 


D. 

Academy  : 

Deposit  Money,  39 

Dormitories,  erected,  63 

Draper,  W.  F.,  Prizes,  241 

Draper,  W.  F.,  donation  for  Prize  Fund,  248 
Seminary  : 

Dorchester  Scholarship  Fund,  308 
Dove,  John,  donation  for  Library  (see  John  and  Peter  Smith),  283 
Dove,  John,  second  donation  for  Library  (see  Smith  and  Dove),    291 

Dove,  John,  legacy  for  Library,  333 

Draper,  W.  F.,  Scholarship  Fund,  293 

E. 

Academy : 

English  Department,  Contributions  for,  63 

Entrance  Money,  58 
Seminary : 

Emerson,  Professor,  portrait,  334 

F. 

Academy : 

Farrar,  Samuel,  first  donation,  54 

Farrar,  Samuel,  second  donation,  .  55 

Farrar,  Samuel,  donation,  64 

Farrar,  Samuel,  premises  leased,  66 

Farrar,  Samuel,  legacy,  225 
Fleming,  Lady  Elizabeth  Sumner  Buckley-Mathew,  donation,        278 

Foxcroft,  John,  donation,  43 

French,  Hiram  W.,  Scholarship,  256 

Seminary  : 

Farrar,  Samuel,  conveyance  (establishment  of  Abbot  Fund),         133 


364 


G. 

Academy  : 

Grant  by  General  Court.,  half  township  land,  etc., 

45-47 

Greek  Prize  Fund,  Joseph  Cook, 

251 

Guarantee  Fund, 

243 

Seminary : 

Gray,  Henry,  donation, 

134 

Gregory,  Mrs.  Mary,  legacy^ 

163 

Greenough  Scholarship  Fund, 

325 

Griffin,  Dr.  E.  D.,  portrait  of, 

328 

Gymnasium,  donations  for, 

312 

H. 

Academy  : 

Hardy  Mrs.  Alpheus,  Mrs.  C.  P.  Taylor  Scholarship,  262 

Hooper,  Mr.  donation,  32 

Seminary : 

Hebrew  Professor's  Salary,  contributions  for,  181 
Hitchcock,  Samuel  A.,  Fund  and  Statutes  of  Hebrew 

Professor,  206-213 

Hitchcock  Contingent  Fund,  315 

Hitchcock  Scholarship  Fund,  217 

Hitchcock  Relief  Fund,  318 

Holbrook  Scholarship  Fund,  331 

Holmes,  Rev.  Dr.,  donation,  168 

Homes,  Henry,  donation,  1 74 

Hooper,  Mrs.  Sarah,  legacy,  327 

Huntington,  Mrs.  Dinah,  legacy,  139 

Hyde,  Henry  H.,  donation  for  Lectureship,  29  7 

I. 
Academy : 

Incorporation  of  Phillips  Academy,  33 

Seminary  : 

IngersoU,  Nancy,  legacy,  172 

J. 

Seminary : 

Jones,  Frederick,  donation  to  endow   Professorship,   and 

Statutes  of  same,  •  308-312 

K. 

Academy : 

Kingsbury,  Cyrus,  donation,  58 


365 
L. 

Academy  : 

Libraries  of  Academy  Societies,  238 

Seminary  : 

Lectureship  on  Congregationalism,  295 

Lectureship  on  Foreign  Missions,  297 

Lectureship  on  Home  Missions,  296 

Lectureship  on  Modern  Infidehty,  301 
Library  Building,  donations  for,                                                    283,  291 

Library  Building,  Smith  and  Dove  Fund,  293 

Librarian's  Salary,  donations  for,  312 

M. 

Academy  : 

Means,  William  G.,  Prizes,  241 

Means,  William  G.,  donation  for  Prize  Fund,  257 

Morse,  Dr.,  and  others,  donation,  52 

Morse,  S.  F.  B.,  gift,  238 
Seminary : 

Marsh,  Jonathan,  donation,  152 

Mitchel,  Joseph,  legacy,  179 

N. 
Academy  : 

Newman,  Mark,  portrait  of,  238 
Seminary  : 

Newton  Cabinet,  201 

Norris,  John,  donation  (see  Moses  Brown  and  William  Bartlet),  85 

Norris,  Mrs.  Mary,  legacy,  129 

O. 

Seminary : 

Oliphant,  Rev.  David,  donation  for  Scholarship,  214 

Osborn,  Mrs.  Mary,  legacy,  145 

P. 

Academy : 

Peabody,  George,  donation,  234 

Pearson,  Dr.  (and  Dr..  Morse,  etc.),  donation,  52 

Pearson,  Rev.  E.,  LL.D.,  portrait  of,  240 

Phillips,  Hon.  John,  donation,  5,  32,  40 

Phillips,  Hon.  John,  legacy,  42 

Phillips,  Samuel,  John,  and  Samuel,  Jr.,  agreement  between,  6 


366 

Academy  : 

Phillips,  Hon.  Samuel  and  John,  donations,  and  Constitution  of 

Phillips  Academy,  16 

Phillips,  Hon.  John,  William,  and  Samuel,  donation,  31,  40 

Phillips,  John  C,  donation,  258 

Phillips,  Lieut.-Gov.  S,  first  donation,  47 

Phillips,  Lieut.-Gov.  S.,  second  donation,  49 

Phillips,  Lieut.-Gov.  S.,  Charitable  donation,  276 

Phillips,  Hon.  William,  donation,  41 

Phillips,  Hon.  William,  legacy,  53 

Phillips,  Madam,  donation,  62 

Phillips,  Captain,  donation,  52 

Phillips,  Madam  Phebe  and  Hon.  John,  donation,  54 

Phillips,  Madam  Phebe,  and  Samuel  Abbot,  donation,  54 

Phillips,  His  Honor  William,  donation,  56,  57 

Phillips,  His  Honor  William,  donation.  Academy  Rebuilding,  59 

Phillips,  His  Honor  William,  donation,  61 

Phillips,  His  Honor  William,  legacy,  61 

Phillips,  Mrs.  Margaret,  etc.,  donations,  60 

Portrait,  John  Adams,  227 

Portrait,  Mark  Newman,  238 
Portraits,  gift  of,  —  Leonard  Woods,  D.  D.,  LL.D.,  Maj.-Gen. 

William  F.  Bartlett,  262 
Portraits,  donation  of,  —  Ebenezer  Pemberton,  Samuel  Williston, 

J.   S.  Eaton,  Prof.    H.  B.  Hackutt,  Frederick  W.  Tilton, 

Lieut.  S.  H.  Thompson,  250 
Prize  Funds,                                                                              248,  251,  257 
Seminary : 

Park  Testimonial  Fund,  352-356 

Pearson,  Dr.,  original  portrait,  317 

Phillips,  His  Honor  William,  donations,  167 

Phillips,  His  Honor  William,  legacy,  173 

Phillips,  Madam  Phebe  and  John,  donation,  69 

Phillips,  Madam  Phebe  and  John,  tender  of  buildings,  125-127 

Phillips  Hall  and  Steward's  house,  contributions  for,  127 

Pike,  Nicholas,  donation,  153 

Porter,  Dr.  P^benezer,  donations,  167,  174 

Portrait,  Dr.  Pearson,  240,  317 

Portrait,  Peter  Smith,  258 

Portrait,  Dr.  E.  Griffin,  328 

Portrait,  Prof.  Ralph  Emerson,  334 

Portrait,  John  Smith,  334 

Portrait,  Henry  WInkley,  346 


367 


Seminary  : 

Reed,  Hon.  William,  legacy, 
Rice  Scholarship  Fund, 
Ropes,  William,  donation, 
Rossiter  Scholarship  Fund, 


R. 


182 
323 
169 
316 


S. 


Academy : 

Scholars,  assessment  of,  31 

Scholarships,  contributions  for,  63 

Seal  of  Corporation,  39 

Sears,  J.  M.,  donation,  249 

Sinking  Fund,  241 

Smith,  John,  letter  to,  264 

Stone  Educational  Fund,  270 

Students'  Educational  Fund,  195,  227 

Seminary  : 

Samaritan  Society,  deposit  in  trust,  190 

Seminary  Fund,  instituted,  190 

Shedd,  Mrs.  Susan  Flint,  donation,  301 

Smith,  John  and  Peter,  donations  by,  for  Libi'ary  (see  John  Dove),  283 
Smith  and  Dove,  second  donation  for  Library,  291 

Smith  and  Dove,  Library  Fund,  293 

Smith,  John,  completed  donation  for  Library,  293 

Smith,  John,  portrait  of,  334 

Smith,  Peter,  legacy  for  Library,  352 

Smith,  Miss  Sophia,  donation  for  Endowment  of  New  Professor- 
ship, and  Statutes  of  same,  302-307 
Smith  Professorship,  etc.,  assigned  to  Smith  Professor  of  Theology,  356 
Statutes  of  Associate  Foundation,  86-102 
Statutes  and  Additional  Statutes  of  Brown  Professorship  (see 

Moses  Brown),  146-152 

Statutes  of  Jones  Professorship,  309-312 

Statutes  of  Hebrew  Professorship,  209 

Statutes  of  Smith  Professorship,  304-307 

Statutes  of  Stone  Professorship,  342^346 

Statutes  of  Taylor  Professorship  of  Biblical  Theology,  338-340 

.  Southworth,  Wells  and  Edward,  donations  for  Lectureship,  295 

Stone,  Mrs.  Valeria  G.,  proposals,  340 

Stone,  Mrs.  Valeria  G.,  Deed  of  Gift  and  Statutes  of  Professor- 
ship of  Relations  of  Christianity  and  Science,  342-346 
Stuart  Scholarship!  Fund,  283 
Support  of  Students,  contributions  for,  128,  131,  197,  281 
Supplementary  Fund,  308 
Sweetser,  Rev.  Seth,  D.D.,  legacy,                                                        335 


368 

T. 

Academy  : 

Taylor,  Dr.  John  L.,  Centennial  Fund,  242 

Taylor,  Caroline  P.,  Scholarship,  by  Mrs.  Alpheus  Hardy,  262 

Taylor,  Dr.  Samuel  H.,  Memorial  Fund,  244 

Taylor,  Dr   Samuel  H.,  bust  of,  275 

Taylor,  Miss  Emma  L.,  ilonation,  263 

Taylor,  Jonathan,  Schohirship  (in  Memoriam),  250 

Trustees,  Board  of.  Organization,  29 

Trustees,  choice  of  Officert*,  39 

Tuition  and  Incidentals,  30 

Seminar)' : 

Tappan  Arthur,  donation,  157 

Taylor,  John  L.,  Memorial  Fund,  313 

T  1  TT  H  5  Pt'o^^ssorship  of  Biblical  Theology,  326 
'1  legacy  for,  and  Statutes  of  same,  338-340 
Taylor,  John  L.,  Scholarship  Fund  (in  Memoriam),  223,  308 
Taylor,  Prof.  John  L.,  Thank-offering  for  Taylor  Professorship,  346-350 
Taylor,  Prof.  John  P.,  Christmas  Gift  for  Taylor  Professorship,  359 
Theological  Seminary,  Constitution  of,                                             69-85 

U. 
Seminary  : 

Unappropriated  Fund,  289 

Union  of  Theological  Institution  and  Associate  Foundation,  136 
Union  Scholarship  Fund,                                                                203,  277 

w. 

Academy  : 

Walley,  Hon.  Samuel  H.,  donation,  64 

Wiggin,  G.  S.,  Scholarship,  275 

Seminary  : 

Waldo,  Miss  Rebecca,  legacy,  180 

Waldo,  Miss  Sarah,  legacy,  189 

Winkley,  Henry,  first  donation,                    '  336 

Winkley,  Henry,  second  donation,  350 

AVinkley,  Henry,  third  donation,  357 

Winkley,  Henry,  portrait  of,  346 


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